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The Folio Society (2006), Hardcover. Prefaced by Neil MacGregor.
Bound in printed art vellum. Set in Imprint. Frontispiece and 12 pages of colour plates. 9½" x 6¾"
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The Rosetta Stone was first discovered by Napoleon's army. It took the combined efforts of the best minds of the 19th century to decode its hieroglyphics so that the content could be read for the first time in 14 centuries.
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LibraryThing member SkjaldOfBorea
The story of the trilingual stone that helped decode the hieroglyphs of Egypt. Warmly recommended.
LibraryThing member Chris177
This Folio Society book is a beautiful keepsake of the story behind the discovery and deciphering of the world famous Rosetta Stone. The book details how the stone was found and how people soon realized the importance of its three language inscription. It then goes to explain how the engraved text
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led to clues in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. The book has three photo inserts to supplement the text. The volume ends with a second book that teaches the reader the basics on how to read those hieroglyphs. Show Less
LibraryThing member shushokan
Erudite but engaging. Treads a delicate balance between the discoveries of Young and Champollion.
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Insights into the obsessive, eccentric men whose wild guesses, vicious personal attacks and superb detective work eventually led to the decoding of the Rosetta Stone.
FS-1277 RST
FS-1277 RST