Much of the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was due to the discovery and the analysis of the Rosetta Stone. An accurate translation was made by

Much of the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was due to the discovery and the analysis of the Rosetta Stone. An accurate translation was made by Jean-François Champollion in 1822. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Champollion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Champollion