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The Keys of Egypt
The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs
- Editore:
HarperCollins Publishers
- EAN:
9780006531456
- ISBN:
0006531458
- Pagine:
- 352
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione The Keys of Egypt
When the French invaded Egypt in 1798, they were astonished to find countless ruins covered with hieroglyphs - remnants of a language lost in time. The quest to decipher hieroglyphs began in earnest: fame and fortune awaited the successful scholar. Amid political turmoil in France, caused by Napoleon's meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, Jean-Francois Champollion was hounded, exiled and even charged with treason, but still overcame poverty and ill-health to beat his closest rival, the English scientist Thomas Young. Having cracked the code, Champollion led an expedition through Egypt, deciphering texts unread and triumph over extreme adversity.
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