Multiple choice general knowledge

The 19th-century French archeologist Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) is most famous for his discovery of:

  1. The answer to the “riddle of the Sphinx”

  2. How to decipher ancient Egyptian inscriptions

  3. The techniques used to prepare mummies

  4. The tomb of Tutankhamen
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Explanation

Jean-François Champollion was a French scholar who is credited as the father of Egyptology for deciphering the Rosetta Stone in 1822, which allowed for the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamen's tomb, not Champollion.

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