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Noun: Champollion  shaan-po'lyong
  1. Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
    - Jean François Champollion

Type of: Egyptologist

Encyclopedia: Champollion Champollion, Jean-Francois Champollion, Jean-François

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