The Greeks and hieroglyphics

As part of a series organized by the École française de Rome, Pr Jean-Luc Fournet gave four lectures in Rome : The Greeks and hieroglyphs. The death of a script and the birth of a myth.

1. The end of hieroglyphic culture
2. The Greeks and hieroglyphics : between fascination and bewilderment
3. Horapollon, the author of a Greek treatise on hieroglyphics ?
4. The wanderings of deciphering : deconstructing the myth