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The article reviews the exhibition "Ancient Lives, New Discoveries," at the British Museum in London, England until November 20, 2014.

The author reflects on the contributions of French linguist and archeologist Jean-François Champollion and English polymath Thomas Young in the hieroglyphs of Egypt in 1820s. He notes that Champollion is considered the founder of Egyptology while Young is recognized as the first to take crucial steps in Egyptian hieroglyphs. He cites that Champollion learned more about Egyptology based on the knowledge established by Young particularly his tentative hieroglyphic "alphabet."

The article reviews the exhibition "Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt" held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England until May 22, 2016.

In this article the author discusses the restoration of social difference. He cites the perception of the book "What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West," by David Wengrow that convincingly concludes the parallel development of Mesopotamia and Egypt, demonstrating deep attachment of human societies to the concepts they live by. He also contends how most archeologists focus on single regions despite the trends for interconnections of ancient civilizations.

Who deciphered the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian hieroglyphs? The usual answer is Jean-François Champollion, beginning in 1822. But ever since that time, Egyptologists have debated the role of his rival, the polymath Thomas Young, the first person to publish a partially correct translation of the Rosetta Stone. A recent BBC television dramatisation rekindled the controversy by presenting Champollion as a 'lone genius' who succeeded independently of Young. While there is no doubt that Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphic script as a whole, the evidence suggests that Young's early detailed study of the Rosetta Stone created the conceptual framework that made possible Champollion's later breakthrough.