champollion | ||
1. | [ noun ] (archeology,anthropology) French Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832) | |
Synonyms: | jean_francois_champollion | |
Related terms: | egyptologist | |
Similar spelling: |
champlain Champlin champleve |