The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Hieroglyphics
Robert Sole; Dominique Valbelle
ISBN 10: 1568582269 ISBN 13: 9781568582269
Editore: Basic Books, 2002
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In July 1799, a French officer serving in Napoleon's Egyptian expedition unearthed a granite block bearing text in three different scripts — Greek, demotic Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. Following the discovery, a remarkable competition ensued for possession of the stone as well as for decoding its inscription. Using all the elements of a detective thriller, the authors, a well-known novelist and a leading Egyptologist, tell the story of international intrigue surrounding the intellectual quest to crack the stone's code — the key to reading ancient Egyptian texts for the first time in 14 centuries. Also included are reproductions of the stone and its inscriptions as well as portraits of the key figures involved in its translation.
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Titolo: The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding...
Casa editrice: Basic Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Hardcover
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