Object in Focus: The Rosetta Stone
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Object in Focus
ISBN-10
0714150215
ISBN-13
9780714150215
Publisher
British Museum Press
Imprint
British Museum Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 29th, 2005
Print length
64 Pages
Weight
164 grams
Dimensions
21.40 x 14.50 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
African historyEgyptian archaeology / EgyptologyAfrican historyArchaeology by period / region
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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.
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 the 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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