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The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Rise and Shine)
by James Rumford
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appears in Ancient Egypt, History, and Fiction.
In 1802, JeanFrancois Champollion was eleven years old. That year, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt?s ancient hieroglyphs. Champollion?s dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past, and he dedicated the next twenty years to the challenge.James Rumford introduces the remarkable man who deciphered the anci...
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