'How We Decoded The Hieroglyphs Of Ancient Egypt' In this clip from the History Hit documentary 'The Story of Egyptology', Dr Chris Naunton explores how 18th century scholars worked frantically to ...
In 1799, French soldiers repairing a wall in Egypt stumbled upon the Rosetta Stone, unknowingly holding the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. This trilingual inscription—Greek, Demotic, ...