Champollion had extensive knowledge about Egypt and even understood the Coptic language, which had descended from ancient Egyptian. He found that the hieroglyphics contained Coptic sounds.

Ancient Egypt had many impressive pharaohs, but which of them were especially fearsome warriors? Here are just some who ...

One of the scripts was Ancient Greek; one was unknown; and one appeared to be hieroglyphs ... s campaign in Egypt stoked more scholarly interest in the origins of the great pyramids, temples ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics ... Ramesses the Great, inherited the throne in 1279 B.C. after his father died. He was perhaps the most powerful ancient Egyptian ruler ...