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− | * ... that after making a breakthrough in the '''[[decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts|decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs]]''', [[Jean-François Champollion]] cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days? <small>Source: "…Jean-François ran from his house in the Rue Mazarine to the nearby Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, flung a bundle of drawings down onto a desk in Jacques-Joseph's office, and cried: 'Je tiens mon affaire!' ('I've done it!')—his own version of Archimedes' cry 'Eureka!' But before he could explain what he had done, he collapsed on the floor in a dead faint. For an instant, his brother feared that he was dead. Taken home to rest, Champollion apparently did not revive until evening-time five days later…" (''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VYMopsOz9poC&printsec=frontcover&dq=cracking+the+Egyptian+code&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilntaP7KHkAhVKj54KHSskBxkQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=affaire&f=false Cracking the Egyptian Code]'' [2012] by Andrew Robinson, p. 142)</small> | + | <div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img"> |
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+ | * ... that after making a breakthrough in the '''[[decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts|decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs]]''', [[Jean-François Champollion]] ''(pictured)'' cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days? <small>Source: "…Jean-François ran from his house in the Rue Mazarine to the nearby Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, flung a bundle of drawings down onto a desk in Jacques-Joseph's office, and cried: 'Je tiens mon affaire!' ('I've done it!')—his own version of Archimedes' cry 'Eureka!' But before he could explain what he had done, he collapsed on the floor in a dead faint. For an instant, his brother feared that he was dead. Taken home to rest, Champollion apparently did not revive until evening-time five days later…" (''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VYMopsOz9poC&printsec=frontcover&dq=cracking+the+Egyptian+code&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilntaP7KHkAhVKj54KHSskBxkQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=affaire&f=false Cracking the Egyptian Code]'' [2012] by Andrew Robinson, p. 142)</small> | ||
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Dacrydium guillauminii|Dacrydium guillauminii]] | :* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Dacrydium guillauminii|Dacrydium guillauminii]] | ||
<small>5x expanded by [[User:A. Parrot|A. Parrot]] ([[User talk:A. Parrot|talk]]). Self-nominated at 01:12, 27 August 2019 (UTC).</small> | <small>5x expanded by [[User:A. Parrot|A. Parrot]] ([[User talk:A. Parrot|talk]]). Self-nominated at 01:12, 27 August 2019 (UTC).</small> | ||
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:::{{ping|Enwebb}} I usually don't, given that there can only be one picture for every eight hooks, but [[:File:Portrait de Champollion Le Jeune par Madame de Rumilly cropped.jpg]] would work. Should I change the blurb to add it and the word ''(pictured)''? [[User:A. Parrot|A. Parrot]] ([[User talk:A. Parrot|talk]]) 00:24, 31 August 2019 (UTC) | :::{{ping|Enwebb}} I usually don't, given that there can only be one picture for every eight hooks, but [[:File:Portrait de Champollion Le Jeune par Madame de Rumilly cropped.jpg]] would work. Should I change the blurb to add it and the word ''(pictured)''? [[User:A. Parrot|A. Parrot]] ([[User talk:A. Parrot|talk]]) 00:24, 31 August 2019 (UTC) | ||
::::I know there's no guarantee of having the picture included with the hook on the main page, but I think it could be nice to add the portrait just in case. [[User:Enwebb|Enwebb]] ([[User talk:Enwebb|talk]]) 22:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC) | ::::I know there's no guarantee of having the picture included with the hook on the main page, but I think it could be nice to add the portrait just in case. [[User:Enwebb|Enwebb]] ([[User talk:Enwebb|talk]]) 22:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC) | ||
+ | :::::{{ping|Enwebb}} I've added it; hope I've done it correctly. [[User:A. Parrot|A. Parrot]] ([[User talk:A. Parrot|talk]]) 22:31, 31 August 2019 (UTC) | ||
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Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts
- ... that after making a breakthrough in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Jean-François Champollion (pictured) cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days? Source: "…Jean-François ran from his house in the Rue Mazarine to the nearby Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, flung a bundle of drawings down onto a desk in Jacques-Joseph's office, and cried: 'Je tiens mon affaire!' ('I've done it!')—his own version of Archimedes' cry 'Eureka!' But before he could explain what he had done, he collapsed on the floor in a dead faint. For an instant, his brother feared that he was dead. Taken home to rest, Champollion apparently did not revive until evening-time five days later…" (Cracking the Egyptian Code [2012] by Andrew Robinson, p. 142)
- Reviewed: Dacrydium guillauminii
5x expanded by A. Parrot (talk). Self-nominated at 01:12, 27 August 2019 (UTC).
- Template:Ping I usually don't, given that there can only be one picture for every eight hooks, but File:Portrait de Champollion Le Jeune par Madame de Rumilly cropped.jpg would work. Should I change the blurb to add it and the word (pictured)? A. Parrot (talk) 00:24, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- I know there's no guarantee of having the picture included with the hook on the main page, but I think it could be nice to add the portrait just in case. Enwebb (talk) 22:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Template:Ping I've added it; hope I've done it correctly. A. Parrot (talk) 22:31, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- I know there's no guarantee of having the picture included with the hook on the main page, but I think it could be nice to add the portrait just in case. Enwebb (talk) 22:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Template:Ping I usually don't, given that there can only be one picture for every eight hooks, but File:Portrait de Champollion Le Jeune par Madame de Rumilly cropped.jpg would work. Should I change the blurb to add it and the word (pictured)? A. Parrot (talk) 00:24, 31 August 2019 (UTC)