The father of Egypt learned to die of strange disease

The French scholar had the merit of deciphering hieroglyphs of the ancient Egyptians who died young after being ill.

The decoder of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs died of strange disease

According to Ancient Origins, Jean-Francois Champollion , who is considered the father of Egyptology, soon passed away after deciphering Rosetta slabs with many mysterious hieroglyphs, helping modern humans better understand one of the great civilizations of human history.

Jean-Francois Champollion died young in illness.(Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

Champollion was born in 1790 in France and died here in 1832. Before departing to Egypt in 1829, he felt uncomfortable in him. After Champollion died at the age of 42, his family refused to do autopsies, but research reports on his condition allowed doctors to draw some conclusions.

In Egypt, Champollion has no fever or lymphoma. However, at the end of his life, Champollion suffered from muscle weakness, paralysis, and finally could not breathe. In the last weeks, his mood became unstable with the development of a pseudomembranous disease, which made Champollion unable to express his thoughts before he died. This is a tragedy for the man who successfully deciphered the language of the ancient Egyptians and opened their world.

Rosetta stones help modern scientists understand Egyptian hieroglyphs.(Photo: British Museum).

The Rosetta stone was discovered by the French in 1799 at a fortress in the town of Rosetta in the Nile Delta. On the stone tablet engraved a decree issued in 196 BC on the behalf of King Ptolemy V. This decree was written in three types of words: the top is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, in the middle are Demotic characters and below. The same is ancient Greek. Because the stone presents the same text with all three writing systems (there are some minor differences between them), it provides the key to modern scholars to understand Egyptian hieroglyphs.