Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion deciphers the Rosetta Stone

Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by kaesar14 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @08:56AM (#33019915)

https://youtu.be/NIxn9auks24 I can’t recommend this Royal Institute lecture about how Champollion (and others) finally cracked the code of Hieroglyphics

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by shellfishgene on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:34AM (#33020407)

If you know French or German Arte also has a nice documentary on his life and the hieroglyphics: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/104380-000-A/das-geheimnis-der...

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by kaesar14 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:00PM (#33023648)

I don't know German, how do I navigate to the French version?

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by azepoi on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:41PM (#33025244)

there you go https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/104380-000-A/dans-le-secret-de...

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by kaesar14 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:28PM (#33029740)

ah ce n’est pas disponible dans mon pays :(

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by aarondf on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:26AM (#33020295)

Can’t recommend it, or can't recommend it enough?

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by nh23423fefe on Thursday September 29, 2022 @10:21AM (#33021021)

i could care less about this comment

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Re:Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion decipher... by kaesar14 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:00PM (#33023629)

Sorry, can't recommend it enough, typed that on my phone.

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