Part three: Champollion Egypt (TV series)

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1 part three: champollion

1.1 episode five: mystery of rosetta stone
1.2 episode six: secrets of hieroglyphs
1.3 cast





part three: champollion

jean-françois champollion uses rosetta stone unlock mysteries of lost civilisation of ancient egypt had been closed off europeans centuries prior invasion of napoleon bonaparte in 1798. stone, discovered french in 1799, had been created work of propaganda greek-speaking pharaoh ptolemy v establish place in egyptian cosmology , flashbacks included explain belief system.


episode five: mystery of rosetta stone

the young champollion, encouraged develop gift languages elder brother, becomes obsessed deciphering hieroglyphs means telling age of world , revenging france against british had confiscated stone in 1801. when alexander great had conquered egypt had fuelled local resentment bringing in greek speaking elite rule. descendant ptolemy v had commissioned series of stones written in greek, common egyptian , hieroglyphs temples across land extol virtues , underline claim throne.


champollion s studies under silvestre de sacy in paris finds professor had himself failed decipher hieroglyphs dismissive of further attempts believing them symbolic rather true language. english scientist thomas young uses mathematics decipher inscription code whilst champollion believing hieroglyphs representative of spoken language attempts relate them coptic language of egypt s ancient christian communities. young makes number of breakthroughs including spelling of ptolomey in hieroglyphs while champollion finds work assistant professor @ university of grenoble. france thrown political turmoil in 1815 following defeat @ battle of waterloo , republican champollion arrested sedition , exiled figeac until 1821. eccentric egyptologist giovanni belzoni discovers obelisk inscribed name of cleopatra in greek , hieroglyphs @ philae , sends young in england.


young makes mistake in translating obelisk setting work whilst champollion using copy of obelisk creates hieroglyphic alphabet uses along coptic translate name of ramesses great sketches of abu simbal. champollion s discovery arouses suspicions of catholic church fear hieroglyphs might disprove historical accuracy of bible. young wishes champillion luck in proving theories sacy , church determined stop him.


episode six: secrets of hieroglyphs

champollion determined travel egypt prove theory poor , jobless reduced buying whatever scraps of papyrus can find , obsession alienates wife. dendera zodiac purchased french king charles x threatens challenge biblical chronologies of church scholars, believed date before great flood of 2349 bc. champollion called in confirm sacy s dating of antiquity around 2000 bc; disputes sacy s dating not church authorities dating 2,000 years later during roman period.


champollion sent turin king value collection put sale french consul egypt bernardino drovetti. prior departure champollion s wife announces pregnant , not pleased new job. champollion builds strong reputation himself in italy being invited audience pope leo xii. returning paris large collection of antiquities king put in charge of egyptian collection @ louvre. king agrees fund champollion s expedition egypt on proviso not publish finds contradict teachings of church. champollion, arriving in 1828, starts studying great pyramid @ giza discovering tomb built pharaoh khufu around 2560 bc. @ saqqara finds site largely stripped dealers in forgotten tomb discovers ancient hieroglyphs translates prove theories. eager understand ancient egyptians pushes on ancient capital of thebes @ sprawling temple of karnak reads story of ramesses great , battle against hittites @ kadesh.


at belzoni s tomb in valley of kings ailing champollion reads story of pharaoh seti , learns of burial rites of pharaohs. able comprehend belief system of ancient epyptians first time. champillion dies in france 18 months later legacy allows egyptologist comprehend meaning behind monuments such great pyramid of giza , decipher papyri lead such discoveries tomb of tutankhamun howard carter.


cast

elliot cowan jean-françois champollion
stuart bunce jacques-joseph champollion






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