Definitions of Champollion
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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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synonyms:
Jean Francois Champollion
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example of:
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Egyptologist
an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
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Egyptologist
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