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Breaking the Code of Hieroglyphs

French scholar Jean-François Champollion attempts to decipher the ancient Egyptian mystery of hieroglyphs by taking a linguistic rather than symbolic approach to the riddle.

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Archaeologist Howard Carter and his team make a small yet significant discovery in their search for the tomb of Tutankhamun.WWW

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The First Clue on the Way to the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun

An all-star team of sorts is created to extract and itemize all items to be found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, with specific care to be given to papyri.WWW

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Planning the Excavation of Tutankhamun's Tomb

Italian explorer Giovanni Belzoni hones in on Ramesses II's Mansion of Millions of Years during his exploration of ancient Egyptian structures.WWW

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Rameses II and His Mansion of Millions of Years

It's a race through Egypt as Belzoni attempts to salvage ancient artifacts before fellow Italian Drovetti gets his hands on them.WWW

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Belzoni Versus Drovetti at Luxor

French scholar Jean-François Champollion attempts to decipher the ancient Egyptian mystery of hieroglyphs by taking a linguistic rather than symbolic approach to the riddle.WWW

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In 19th century Egypt Champollion discovers that nature and daily life influenced and inspired ancient hieroglyphs.WWW

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Nature Reveals Inspiration for Glyphs

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