A young French scholar, Jean-François Champollion, became the first person to decipher hieroglyphs, bringing an entire civilization back to life. Today, researchers are studying the authors who created hieroglyphic works, including a new generation of Egyptologists who are unlocking the secrets of a richly adorned tomb near Luxor.
The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs
The great history of Egypt is inscribed on its monuments, temples, and tombs, but hieroglyphs, the written language of the ancient Egyptians, fell silent until 1822 when a young French scholar, Jean-François Champollion, deciphered their texts.
