ADKINS, LESLEY AND ROY

The Keys of Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs

NY: HarperCollins, 2000. 0060194391. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0060194391. This is a new biography of the gifted French linguist and master of many languages Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832), the first to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822. Set against a background of academic intrigue and international rivalry, with colorful personalities vying to be the first to unveil the secrets of the Rosetta Stone. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 335 pp. As New in As New dust jacket .

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Book number: 29355

Catalogue: Archaeology

Keywords: 0060194391 Archaeology Egyptology Language Heiroglyphics Ancient Egypt Champollion Biography History Biography & Memoir Archaeology

ADKINS, LESLEY AND ROY

The Keys to Egypt : The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs

London, HarperCollins. 2001. (ISBN: 0006531458) Soft Cover, 7.75 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 335pp. The race to achieve fame and fortune for the first people to decipher Egypt''s hieroglyphs. Fine.

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Book number: 027831

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Language 0006531458

Adkins, Lesley and Roy Adkins

The Keys of Egypt; the Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs

New York & Evanston, HarperCollins, 2000. 1st Edition. [xii] 335p. b/w illus. dj. .

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Book number: 015349

Keywords: Egyptology Hieroglyphics Linguistics