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Excerpt from Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of M. Champollion, Jun: And on the Advantages Which It Offers to Sacred Criticism Knowledge of hieroglyphics among the Egyptians. Among the Greeks and Romans. Labors of the moderns upon hieroglyphics. Discovery of the polyglott monument at Rosetta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.