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The fascinating story of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Napoleon's army and of the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphics, to which it offered the key. The Stone was stolen from the French by the British Army and removed to the British Museum in London, where experts tried to crack the code.
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About the Authors
Dominique Valbelle is Director of the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Lille III and President of the French Egyptological Society.
Robert Sole, whose origins are Egyptian, is a novelist (published here by Harvill) and journalist.
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- PublisherProfile Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1861972326
- ISBN 13 9781861972323
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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