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Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
Cracking Codes The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
Author: R. B. Parkinson, Richard Parkinson, Whitfield Diffie, M. Fisher, R. S. Simpson
Napoleons troops discovered a granitoid slab in the village of Rosetta in the western Delta in 1799. The Rosetta Stone was to become one of the most famous Egyptian antiquities in the world as well as an instantly recognizable icon of script and decipherment. In this exciting, beautifully illustrated work, Richard Parkinson tells the story o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520223066
ISBN-10: 0520223063
Publication Date: 9/15/1999
Pages: 208
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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