The Riddle of the Rosetta : : How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs / / Diane Greco Josefowicz, Jed Z. Buchwald.
The legendary rivalry behind the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphsIn 1799, a French officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three different scripts. So begins one of the most familiar tales i...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (576 p.) :; 81 b/w illus. 2 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- PART 1. A QUAKER’S ODYSSEY
- PART 2. ANTIQUITY EMBRACED
- PART 3. SCRIPTS AND BONES
- PART 4. READING THE PAST
- PART 5. ANTIQUE LETTERS
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index