In July 1799, a French officer serving in Napoleon's Egyptian expedition unearthed a granite block bearing text in three different scripts €” Greek, demotic Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. Following the discovery, a remarkable competition ensued for possession of the stone as well as for decoding its inscription. Using all the elements of a detective thriller, the authors, a well-known novelist and a leading Egyptologist, tell the story of international intrigue surrounding the intellectual quest to crack the stone's code €” the key to reading ancient Egyptian texts for the first time in 14 centuries. Also included are reproductions of the stone and its inscriptions as well as portraits of the key figures involved in its translation.

The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Hieroglyphics

History

Solé, Robert

Valbelle, Dominique

Americas

Basic Books

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.

The Rosetta Stone: The Story of Decoding the Hieroglyphics

Religion & Spirituality

Profile Books

La Pierre de Rosette

Ancient Civilizations

SEUIL

Le sanctuaire d'Hathor, maîtresse de la turquoise: Sérabit el-Khadim au Moyen Empire (French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Musumeci

Guide to Deir El-medina (Guides De L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 3)

Andreu-Lanoë, Guillemette

Inst Francais D'Archeologie orienta

Doukki Gel Et Les Origines De L'histoire Africaine (French Edition)

Bonnet, Charles

Marchi, Severine

Africa

Editions Kheops

In 2003, a Swiss archaeological team working in northern Sudan uncovered one of the most remarkable Egyptological finds in recent years. At the site known as Kerma, near the third cataract of the Nile, archaeologist Charles Bonnet and his team discovered a ditch within a temple from the ancient city of Pnoubs, which contained seven monumental black granite statues. Magnificently sculpted, and in an excellent state of preservation, they portrayed five pharaonic rulers, including Taharqa and Tanoutamon, the last two pharaohs of the 'Nubian' Dynasty, when Egypt was ruled by kings from the lands of modern-day Sudan. For over half a century, the Nubian pharaohs governed a combined kingdom of Egypt and Nubia, with an empire stretching from the Delta to the upper reaches of the Nile. The seven statues, with their exquisite workmanship, transform our understanding of the art of this period. In particular, the colossal statue of Taharqa--almost certainly done by an Egyptian sculptor--is a masterpiece of stone artwork. Beautifully illustrated with over 170 color photographs, The Nubian Pharaohs illuminates the epic history of this little-known historical era, when the pharaohs of Egypt came from Sudan. In this major new book, which combines the latest archaeological research with stunning photography, Charles Bonnet and Dominique Valbelle narrate the incredible story of their discovery--one that will change our understanding of Egypt and Africa in the ancient world.

The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile

The American University in Cairo Press

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