Author: RAY, JOHN
Title: The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt
Description: London, Profile. 2007, First. (ISBN: 9781861973344). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 200 pages. Illustrations in the text. The Rosetta Stone has been in the Brtish Museum for 200 years and is the single most visited object in the entire collection. A pharaoh's forgotten decree, recorded in three scripts, it is the key to the lost hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, a mystery which had intrigued men of science since the end of the Roman empire. It was discovered by Napoleon's troops in Egypt in the summer of 1799. Two men in particular worked on the stone's secrets: the first is Thomas Young, the brilliant English polymath who deserves to be better known. The second is the Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollin, the mercurial lover of all things Egyptian, who is known as the father of Egyptology. What is the real story of these mens rivalry and who deserves the greater credit? B2C. Fine/Very Good.

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