Jean Francois Champollion figured out how to read the Rosetta Stone in the 1820's.
Jean-François Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphics by using the Rosetta stone, which enabled everyone to learn how to read them.
Jean Francois Champollion used the Rosetta Stone to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
Francois Champollion decoded the Rosetta Stone in 1822, 23 years after its discovery by French soldiers. Champollion could read both Greek and Coptic, and was able to use that knowledge to trace the meanings of symbols back to the hieroglyphs on the stone.
Jean-Francois Champollion was able to read hieroglyphs with the help of the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone was written in both ancient Greek and hieroglyphs which allowed Champollion to understand the Egyptian language.
Jean-François Champollion, the Egyptologist who first was able to read the heiroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, was not a Mason although he is frequently listed as one. The mistake probably arises because he had a nephew who in fact was a Mason.
The rosetta stone is used to read hierogyphics.
Deciphering hieroglyphics, and hence being one of the first Egyptologists.
The rosetta stone is used to read hierogyphics.
The rosetta stone is used to read hierogyphics.
Egyptian symbols were being deciphered by many people by studying the Rosetta Stone. Thomas Young and other scholars worked to decipher the symbols. Jean Francois Champollion is credited as the first person to read Egyptian symbols by studying the works of Young and the Rosetta Stone.
The Rosetta Stone let archaeologists understand, read and find out about Ancient Egyptian Civilizations. The Rosetta Stone had hieroglyphics written on it.