The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone

This is the story of Jean-François Champollion, the brilliant linguist, genius and one of the first true Egyptologists. The programme begins in Egypt in 1798, when the country had been virtually closed to Europeans for centuries and its ancient culture lost and forgotten for over a thousand years. Napoleon has with him scholars, including antiquarians and linguists, whose job it is to unravel the mysteries of ancient Egypt. But they were able to achieve little more than to paint its beautiful ruined monuments and wonder what it all meant, for Egypt's secrets were locked in the strange ancient writings, the hieroglyphs.

Writing:
  • Jonathan Rich

Stars:
Release Date: 2005-10-30
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 8.2/10
  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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The Temple Of The Sands
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The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone
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