Conférences « Le déchiffrement des hiéroglyphes : mythe et réalité »

Thursday, September 25

Musée Champollion – Les Écritures du Monde place Champollion 46100 Figeac

by Laurent Coulon, professor at the Collège de France and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études.

Beyond the mythical "I've got it," which J.-F. Champollion supposedly said when he found the key to deciphering hieroglyphs, Laurent Coulon will retrace for us the scientific construction of this discovery. A careful reexamination of the writings of the most famous of Figeacois allows him to deconstruct the "novel of decipherment" to replace this meticulous and
methodical work in a broader context which reveals the richness of the work accomplished.

Laurent Coulon is a professor at the Collège de France on the Civilization of Pharaonic Egypt chair and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Religious Sciences section. He also directed the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO) in Cairo and chaired the French Society of Egyptology. A specialist in ancient Egyptian religion, he has led various projects in the fields of archaeology, epigraphy, and digital humanities; since 2000, he has co-directed the "Osirian Sanctuaries of Karnak" mission. His areas of expertise also include literature, rhetoric, and court society in ancient Egypt.

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