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C0235400 (shäN-pô-lyôN′), Jean François 1790-1832. French Egyptologist. Working from the Rosetta stone, in 1822 he became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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(French ʃɑ̃pɔljɔ̃) n (Biography) Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone

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n. Jean François (ʒɑ̃) 1790–1832, French Egyptologist.

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Champollion - Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)Jean Francois Champollion

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Champollion

Jean François . 1790--1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone

Champollion

(shahm-poh -lee-awn) A US mission to comet Tempel 1 (1879 III) planned by NASA for launch in 2003. It would have arrived at the end of 2005 and released a lander to collect a sample of the comet's nucleus for return to Earth. The project was stopped for financial reasons while still in the planning stage. See Rosetta; Stardust.

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Related to Champollion: Rosetta stone

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noun Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)

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Jean Francois Champollion

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