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Definition of: Champollion
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·pó·lyô′), Jean François,
1790–1832, French Egyptologist; deciphered hieroglyphic system.
—Champollion–Fi·geac (-fē·zhák′), Jean Jacques,
1778–1867, French archeologist, brother of the preceding.
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