FRENCH LANGUAGE The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon is joining in the celebration of the bicentenary of the deciphering of the hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion, in 1822, through the scientific and friendly relationship that the first director of the Musée de Lyon, François Artaud (1767-1838), and Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) maintained for more than twenty years. At a time when hieroglyphic inscriptions were scarce in collections, Artaud worked to provide Champollion with original texts, an indispensable source for understanding the writing of the ancient Egyptians. He also
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