
01 Tomb Raiders, Codebreakers, and the Discovery of Antiquity (Rosetta Stone, Cuneiform, Linear B)
Ancient Greece Declassified
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Champolion's Decipherment of Ancient Egyptian
The decipherment of ancient Egyptian opened up a whole world of new texts that could be read for the first time in over one and a half millennia. Champolion was the only one in this race who realized the essential value of this one surviving and known Egyptian language, and he put in the long hours of learning it. And ultimately, that is probably one of the main things that set him apart from the rest. So he truly does deserve the fame that he has.
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