Decoding The Secrets Of Eqyptian - Hieroglyphs

The race to crack the code became a battle of wits between two brilliant men:

: Silent symbols placed at the end of words to clarify their meaning (a pair of walking legs indicates a verb of motion). Legacy of the Decipherment Decoding the Secrets of Eqyptian Hieroglyphs

: A French linguist who dedicated his life to the task. In 1822, he realized the system was a sophisticated mix of phonetic (sound), ideographic (concept), and determinative (category) signs. The race to crack the code became a