Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. A visitor views the gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC) on display at the in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, as part of celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. AFP

Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. A woman cleans the window of the decorated wooden statue of the Royal Ka Guardian spirit of King Tutankhamun, at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, ahead of a celebration in honor of World Tourism day, and Egyptology s 200th anniversary as a science. AP

Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. This picture shows a view of the solid silver sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Late period Pharaoh Psusennes I (Pasebakhaenniut, reigned 1047 1001 BC), originally found by French archaeologist Pierre Montet in the king s intact tomb NRT III in 1940 in the site of ancient Tanis in northern Egypt, and currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, during celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. - Egypt on September 27 allowed free access to all of its museums to its nationals and foreign residents in recognition of the 200th anniversary of Frenchman Jean-Fran ois Champollion s famous announcement to the Acad mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris of him deciphering the texts which eluded scholars since knowledge of hieroglyphs was lost in

Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. Visitors chat in front of an ancient Pharaonic alabaster jars and vessels carved into the shape of boats and animals at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, during a celebration in honor of World Tourism day, and Egyptology s 200th anniversary as a science. AP

Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. This picture shows a view of the gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian Late period Pharaoh Psusennes I (Pasebakhaenniut, reigned 1047 1001 BC), originally found by French archaeologist Pierre Montet in the king s intact tomb NRT III in 1940 in the site of ancient Tanis in northern Egypt, and currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, during celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. AFP

Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. This picture shows a view of the gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian Late period Pharaoh Psusennes I (Pasebakhaenniut, reigned 1047 1001 BC), originally found by French archaeologist Pierre Montet in the king s intact tomb NRT III in 1940 in the site of ancient Tanis in northern Egypt, and currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, during celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. AFP

Egypt is celebrating the 200th anniversary marking the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. This picture shows a view of the solid silver sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Late period Pharaoh Psusennes I (Pasebakhaenniut, reigned 1047 1001 BC), originally found by French archaeologist Pierre Montet in the king s intact tomb NRT III in 1940 in the site of ancient Tanis in northern Egypt, and currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, during celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. AFP

Ukrainian blogger Yana, watches an ancient wooden Pharaonic sarcophagus at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, during a celebration in honor of World Tourism day, and Egyptology s 200th anniversary as a science. AP

This picture taken on September 27, 2022 shows a view of one of the steles bearing a copy of the Canopus Decree , this specimen discovered in 1881 by Gaston Maspero at the site of Kom el-Hisn in Egypt s Nile delta and currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in Egypt s capital Cairo, displaying its text in (top to bottom) Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the demotic script, and Koine Greek. AFP

This picture shows a view of the decorated wooden statue of the Royal Ka Guardian spirit of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC), originally found in his tomb KV62 and on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, during celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. AFP

This picture shows a view of the decorated wooden statue of the Royal Ka Guardian spirit of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC), originally found in his tomb KV62 and on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt s capital Cairo on September 27, 2022, during celebrations of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology by the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. AFP

This picture taken on September 27, 2022 shows a view of one of the steles bearing a copy of the Canopus Decree , this specimen discovered in 1881 by Gaston Maspero at the site of Kom el-Hisn in Egypt s Nile delta and currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in Egypt s capital Cairo, displaying the Greek portion of its triliteral bilingual text. - The inscription on the stele is a record of an assembly of priests held at Canopus in northern Egypt (east of Alexandria) in March 238 BC during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC) upon the death of his daughter Berenike (Berenice), honouring her as a goddess. Having a greater number of different hieroglyphs than the Rosetta Stone, the stele has proved crucial in deciphering the script. AFP