For centuries, the silent stone walls of Egyptian temples held a code that no living soul could read. The "Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs" feature explores the intellectual breakthrough that reopened the doors to the ancient world. The Silent Language
: A French linguist who dedicated his life to the task. In 1822, he realized the system was a sophisticated mix of phonetic (sound), ideographic (concept), and determinative (category) signs. Decoding the Secrets of Eqyptian Hieroglyphs
: Silent symbols placed at the end of words to clarify their meaning (a pair of walking legs indicates a verb of motion). Legacy of the Decipherment For centuries, the silent stone walls of Egyptian