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egyptian-hieroglyphs
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+---
+title: Egyptian hieroglyphs
+kind: problem
+status: solved
+tier: V3
+year: 1650
+statement: What do Egyptian hieroglyphs say, and how does the script work?
+space: scripts-and-the-past
+---
+Scholars had assumed hieroglyphs were pure symbols. Champollion showed they mix sound signs with meaning signs, using Coptic, the descendant of Egyptian, as a key. Thomas Young had made progress on the names before him.
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+*Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.*
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+Closed 1822, Jean-François Champollion, with the Rosetta Stone.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipherment_of_ancient_Egyptian_scripts)
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+[[Space:scripts-and-the-past|Scripts and the past]] · [[Continent:society|Society]]
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Scholars had assumed hieroglyphs were pure symbols. Champollion showed they mix sound signs with meaning signs, using Coptic, the descendant of Egyptian, as a key. Thomas Young had made progress on the names before him.
Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.
Closed 1822, Jean-François Champollion, with the Rosetta Stone.