Making possible the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs, what was discovered outside an Egyptian village by a French soldier on July 15, 1799?
Decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs Decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs The decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs was gradually achieved during the early 19th century. The most helpful clue was supplied by the discovery in 1799 of the Rosetta Stone, an inscription in three scripts. Building on work by several other scholars, notably Thomas Young, the breakthrough to decipherment was made by Jean-François Champollion. The successful decipherment was preceded by a long period during which hieroglyphs were wrongly believed in Europe to be a purely ideographic script. In the 5th century appeared the "Hieroglyphica" of Horapollo, a spurious explanation of almost 200 glyphs. Authoritative yet largely false, the
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs books on the Egyptian language and the hieroglyphs have been tried. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a primer on understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs. The text was written by Mark Collier (Egyptologist), and Bill Manley, c. 1998. The standard version of analytic Egyptian hieroglyphs is based upon the 26 categories of the Gardiner's Sign List (about 700 signs), still the basic standard. According to WorldCat, the book is widely known and is held in 1062 libraries. "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs" uses a simple approach with just six categories: With the older styles and outlines of