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

Sole, Robert; Valbelle, Dominique

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568582269 ISBN 13: 9781568582269

Verlag: Avalon Publishing Group, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

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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In July 1799, a French officer serving in Napoleons Egyptian expedition unearthed a granite block bearing text in three different scripts Greek, demotic Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. Following the discovery, a remarkable competition ensued for possession of the stone as well as for decoding its inscription. Using all the elements of a detective thriller, the authors, a well-known novelist and a leading Egyptologist, tell the story of international intrigue surrounding the intellectual quest to crack the stones code the key to reading ancient Egyptian texts for the first time in 14 centuries. Also included are reproductions of the stone and its inscriptions as well as portraits of the key figures involved in its translation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Avalon Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1568582269
• ISBN 13: 9781568582269
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar