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Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2000
Length
52 minutes
Producer(s)
Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Trans Europe Film
Co-producer(s)
Gallimard, La Sept Arte, Musée du Louvre
With his insatiable curiosity and perseverance, Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) came to be considered the founder of Egyptology. He brought many magnificent artifacts back to Europe and became the first curator of the Louvre's Department of Egyptian Antiquities in 1828. With the Nile valley as background, the film paints a portrait of the decoder of hieroglyphs, who launched the 19th-century vogue for Egyptomania.