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The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding Hieroglyphics - Hardcover

Sole, Robert; Valbelle, Dominique

 
9781568582269: The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding Hieroglyphics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1568582269 ISBN 13: 9781568582269
Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group, 2002

Synopsis

Follows the saga of the Rosetta stone, from its discovery in 1799 by a French officer serving in Napoleon's Egyptian expedition, to the remarkable competition that ensued for possession of the stone, to the intellectual quest to decode its inscription.

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About the Author

John Ray is Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. He has previously held posts in the British Museum and at the University of Birmingham, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Yale and Chicago. He is the author of Reflections of Osiris (Profile 2001) which David Starkey called 'a triumph' and Tom Holland 'the best introduction to ancient Egypt I've read' (Daily Telegraph).

Synopsis

SolT (an Egyptian novelist and journalist) and Valbelle (Egyptology, U. of Lille III, France) recount the story of the Rosetta stone for scholars and the general reader. Coverage includes the stone's discovery by one of Napoleon's officers, its theft by the British, and the eventual cracking of the code by French orientalist Jean-Francois Champolli

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Publisher
Avalon Publishing Group
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1568582269
ISBN 13 
9781568582269
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
184