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The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone The Story of the Decoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Author: Robert Sole, Dominique Valbelle
In July 1799 a French officer serving in Bonaparte's army in Egypt made an interesting discovery. A granite slab unearthed near the small town of Rosetta bore texts in three different scripts - Greek, demotic Egyptian and hieroglyphs. For the first time there was a real hope of decoding Egyptian writing. The Stone was soon stolen from the French...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781861973443
ISBN-10: 1861973446
Publication Date: 7/25/2002
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
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