EditorialA painted portrait on a mummy, part of an Egyptology exhibition. at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England on Feb. 13, 2023. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
EditorialA painted portrait on a mummy, part of an Egyptology exhibition. at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England on Feb. 13, 2023. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
EditorialSome of the giant trove of newly discovered sarcophagi on display at the Saqqara Necropolis outside Cairo, Nov. 14, 2020. (Sima Diab/The New York Times)
EditorialSome of the giant trove of newly discovered sarcophagi on display at the Saqqara Necropolis outside Cairo, Nov. 14, 2020. (Sima Diab/The New York Times)
EditorialJean-Fran?ois Champollion. (1790-1832). French founder of Egyptology. Portrait. He used the Rosetta stone to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Les Deux Champollion. Leur vie et leurs oeuvres .. Grenoble, 1887. Source: 10662.h.20, opposite 41. Langu...