EditorialJacques-J. Champollion-Figeac. (1778-1867). Portrait. His support of Napoleon during the Hundred Days (1815) lost him his position as professor of Greek and librarian at the University of Grenoble (1816). . Les Deux Champollion. Leur vie et leurs oeuvr...
EditorialJean-Fran?ois Champollion. (1790-1832). French founder of Egyptology. Portrait. He used the Rosetta stone to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Les Deux Champollion. Leur vie et leurs oeuvres .. Grenoble, 1887. Source: 10662.h.20, opposite 41. Langu...
EditorialThe Rosetta stone, an irregularly shaped stone of black basalt, found in 1799 near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) near Alexandria by Napoleon's armies. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year old Ptolemy V. With its i...
EditorialThe Rosetta stone, an irregularly shaped stone of black basalt, found in 1799 near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) near Alexandria by Napoleon's armies. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year old Ptolemy V. With its i...
EditorialDaphnis and Chloe by Greek novelist Longus. 2nd century AD. Drawing by Raphael Collin (1850-1916) and engraving by Eugene -Andre Champollion (1848-1901), 1890. Colored.
EditorialCHAMPOLLION, Jean-Fran?ois (Figeac,1790-Par?s, 1832). Egipt?logo franc?s. Tras descifrar la piedra Rosetta (196 a. C.) fue el primero en determinar la existencia de los tres sistemas de escritura, jerogl?fico, hier?tico y dem?tico, utilizados por los a...
EditorialJean-Franc_ois Champollion (1790-1832). French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Colored engraving. "El Universo Ilustrado", 1881.
EditorialJean-Franc_ois Champollion (1790-1832). French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Engraving. "El Universo Ilustrado", 1881.
EditorialJean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832), who deciphered the hieroglyphs with the aid of the Rosetta-stone. Canvas, 73,5 x 60 cm Painted 1831. INV.3294.
EditorialThe Rosetta stone, an irregularly shaped stone of black basalt, found in 1799 near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) near Alexandria by Napoleon's armies. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year old Ptolemy V. With its i...
EditorialThe Rosetta stone, an irregularly shaped stone of black basalt, found in 1799 near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) near Alexandria by Napoleon's armies. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year old Ptolemy V. With its i...