Egypt Season 1 Episode 5
The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone
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Drama-documentary exploring the career of Jean-Francois Champollion, the linguist responsible for deciphering the Rosetta Stone. When the relic is moved to the British Museum, the French are left with only copies to work from. Champollion enters a race with Englishman Thomas Young to translate the hieroglyphics - and his recognition of demotic Egyptian letters on the stone sees him make the first breakthrough- Online
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Cast
- Mahmoud Sabit as General Hely-Hutchinson
- Ikram Zalat as General Menou
- Michael Fitzgerald as Abbot
- Elliot Cowan as Jean-Francois Champollion
- Stuart Bunce as Jacques-Joseph Champollion
- Louis Waymouth as Jean Letronne
- Christopher Good as Thomas Young
- Patrick Ryecart as Hudson Gurney
- David Quilter as Sir William Boughton
- Hugh Ross as Silvestre de Sacy
- Tania Emery as Rosine Blanc
- Catherine Bailey as Zoe
Credits
- Paul Bradshaw Series-Producer
- Phil Dolling Executive-Producer
- Jonathan Rich Writer, Scriptwriter
