Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

William Bankes and the Keys to Decipherment (1x6)


: 20, 2016

Learn how several key discoveries showed how to decipher hieroglyphs the right way, and also shaped our understanding of ancient Egypt. First: a bilingual obelisk that extended the Egyptian alphabet. Second: the Hall of Ancients", which contained the longest list of pharaohs ever discovered."

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