The Rosetta Stone
The Story of the Decoding of Hieroglyphics
Published on 19. April 2001
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-86197-232-3 (ISBN)
Description
The fascinating story of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Napoleon's army and of the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphics, to which it offered the key. The Stone was stolen from the French by the British Army and removed to the British Museum in London, where experts tried to crack the code.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
9 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86197-232-3 (9781861972323)
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John Ray is Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. He has previously held posts in the British Museum and at the University of Birmingham, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Yale and Chicago. He is the author of Reflections of Osiris (Profile 2001) which David Starkey called 'a triumph' and Tom Holland 'the best introduction to ancient Egypt I've read' (Daily Telegraph).