Do you like this #Facsimile? Then contact us under contact@ or visit our homepage: This precious artefact from the French National Library in Paris grants a singular insight into the golden age of enthusiasm for Egypt in the 19th century. Jean-François Champollion was the first to succeed in flawlessly deciphering the Egyptian #hieroglyphs. His personal notebook retraces this groundbreaking discovery and is evidence of the hour in which modern #Egyptology was born. You can find this and many other facsimiles under:
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