Jean-Francois Champollion

Jean-Francois Champollion, the founding father of Egyptology, is mentioned widely as the decipherer of the Rosetta stone in recent books and programs on codes. A widely reviewed biography, Race for the Keys of Egypt, was published in 2000 (HarperCollins). Peter Clayton was for 15 years an editor at Thames & Hudson, which publishes his best-sellers Chronicle of the Pharaos (1994) and A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Symbols (1982). He is currently editor of Minerva and lectures on tours to the...See more

Jean-Francois Champollion, the founding father of Egyptology, is mentioned widely as the decipherer of the Rosetta stone in recent books and programs on codes. A widely reviewed biography, Race for the Keys of Egypt, was published in 2000 (HarperCollins). Peter Clayton was for 15 years an editor at Thames & Hudson, which publishes his best-sellers Chronicle of the Pharaos (1994) and A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Symbols (1982). He is currently editor of Minerva and lectures on tours to the pyramids in Egypt. See less