Who Deciphered Hieroglyphics?A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Out of Egypt: The Big Six" in by May/June 2011 issue which discusses the deciphering of hieroglyphics by scholas Jean-Francois Champollion or Thomas Young.KAUFMANEmeritusASHER...
Lehner says, because "Egyptology grew up in the study of inscriptions." When Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphics in 1822, "suddenly huge temple façades and tombs everywhere started 'talking' to explorers." Then came the overwhelming abundance of "fabulous...