: A French linguist who dedicated his life to the task. In 1822, he realized the system was a sophisticated mix of phonetic (sound), ideographic (concept), and determinative (category) signs.
💡 : Hieroglyphs can be read from left to right, right to left, or top to bottom—you simply look at which way the animal or human figures are facing to find the starting point. Decoding the Secrets of Eqyptian Hieroglyphs
: Symbols that represent specific sounds (like our alphabet). : A French linguist who dedicated his life to the task