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Jean-François Champollion was a great French academic. He had a strong passion for the study of ancient Eastern cultures and languages, which made him constantly and deeply research more and more accurate and confirmed information about different ancient civilizations. The passion and impetus for the study makes us consider Jean-François as a "knowledge seeker", since he did it as if it were something necessary for his survival.
This extremely academic behavior of Jean-François can be seen since childhood, since at sixteen he spoke fluently Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Amharic, Sanskrit, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean, Persian and Chinese, not to mention French. In addition, he has mastered other languages over time.
He devoted himself to the study of the Egyptian language, which made him able to decipher the message written on the Pedra de Roseta, confirming his potential as a great historian, academic and knowledge seeker.