A young French scholar, Jean-François Champollion, became the first person to decipher hieroglyphs, bringing an entire civilization back to life. Today, researchers are studying the authors who created hieroglyphic works, including a new generation of Egyptologists who are unlocking the secrets of a richly adorned tomb near Luxor.
The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs
The discovery of hieroglyphs' meaning after a thousand years of silence was made by Jean-François Champollion, a young French scholar in 1822.
