Maximilien Carlier, edited by Yanis Darras 11:29 a.m., September 29, 2022
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of hieroglyphs, the Louvre-Lens has been offering since Wednesday an exhibition dedicated to these symbols and to the one who discovered their meaning, Jean-François Champollion.
A cultural event that fascinates young and old.
In the Louvre-Lens museum, a page of history opens up to young and old alike.
Among the first, this group of children in sixth grade who, with their eyes riveted on a fragment of a black stele, a copy of the Rosetta stone, struggles to look away: "It is among other things that will make it possible to decipher the hieroglyphs, which will guide Jean-François Champollion in his quest", explains at the microphone of Europe 1 Leila, mediator at the Louvre-Lens.
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And faced with this piece of history, the students are hypnotized: "I like it because it explains the history of Egypt", explains one of the students present.
Especially since Egypt is in their school program, underlines Lauriane, a history and geography teacher.
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"There, it's really concrete for once. We are outside the course and you really have to see things like that", she underlines.
Before adding: "Only like this can we realize what history is."
On site, nearly 350 works such as the squatting scribe or even the Stele of Isis are present in this exhibition.
New generation of Egyptologists
"I think that every child is fascinated by Egypt. Some older children are still fascinated. These are the ones who become Egyptologists. And I hope that we will succeed in making new Egyptologists with the new generation who will visit the expo" , adds Hélène Bouillon, co-curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition "Champollion, the way of hieroglyphs" is visible until mid-January, at the Louvre-Lens museum.