The Keys of Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs
ISBN-10:
0060194391
ISBN-13:
9780060194390
Author(s): Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley
Edition: First Edition
Description:
Chronicles the twenty-year attempt of French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics despite poverty, ill health, competition by English physician Thomas Young, and political enemies.
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