Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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In 1802, when Champollion was eleven years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges over the next twenty years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing.