Egypt

When Napoleon's army discovered the Rosetta Stone in the Nile Delta, scholars believed they would be able to decipher Egypt's strange language, but 20 years later the hieroglyphics were still baffling everyone. It took a duel between two geniuses - Jean-Francois Champollion in France and scientist Thomas Young in England - to finally settle the matter.

Category

Biography / Drama documentary / Documentary / History

Original air date

2005-11-27