Egypt - Season 1 Episode 5 The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone
This is the story of Jean-François Champollion, the brilliant linguist, genius and one of the first true Egyptologists. The programme begins in Egypt in 1798, when the country had been virtually closed to Europeans for centuries and its ancient culture lost and forgotten for over a thousand years. Napoleon has with him scholars, including antiquarians and linguists, whose job it is to unravel the mysteries of ancient Egypt. But they were able to achieve little more than to paint its beautiful ruined monuments and wonder what it all meant, for Egypt's secrets were locked in the strange ancient writings, the hieroglyphs.
Year: 2005
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country:
Studio: BBC One
Director: Jonathan Rich
Cast: Matthew Kelly, Lynsey Baxter, Andrew Sachs, Julian Wadham, Caroline Langrishe, Alexandra Weaver
Crew: Ferdinand Fairfax (Director), Stanisław Syrewicz (Music)
First Air Date: Oct 30, 2005
Last Air date: Dec 04, 2005
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 6 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 8.20/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 9.04
Language: English
Keyword : egypt
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