The Rosetta Stone: (Objects in Focus Series) - Brossura

Parkinson, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0714150215 ISBN 13: 9780714150215

Casa editrice: British Museum Pubns Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphic that provided the key to the mysterious hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt, and opened up 3,000 years of that country's history and culture. This book tells the fascinating story of one of archaeology's icons, from its creation in the second century BC, to its discovery in 1799 during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, to the subsequent race to decipher its hieroglyphic text. Undertaken by two brilliant scholars - the Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion, and the English physicist Thomas Young - it was the former who eventually succeeded in making the crucial breakthrough. Today the Rosetta Stone stands in the Museum as an enduring symbol of human understanding and communication through the ages.

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Book by Parkinson Richard

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• Editore: British Museum Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0714150215
• ISBN 13: 9780714150215
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 64