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An edition of Discovery at Rosetta (2008)

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In 1798, the young French general, Napoleon Bonaparte, entered Egypt with an army and a brigade of 'savants', scientists, anthropologists and historians. His aim was not just conquest on the banks of the Nile but the rediscovery of the ancient world after years of obscurity under the Ottoman Empire. At the heart of this quest was a stone that was discovered in the small town of Rossetta which would offer the key to unlock the mysteries of the ancient Egyptian. It contained wording in Greek, hieroglyphs and demotic Egyptian. It was the prize that Napoleon had dreamed of, but in a series of adventures the stone came into English hands. Discovery at Rosetta will be the first book that tells the full story of how the English won the battle to claim the Stone and how it was then shipped to England. The book also tells the story of the extraordinary characters involved leading up to the race between Thomas Young and Champollion to decipher the Stone's code.

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Publisher
Constable
Language
English
Pages
262

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Cover of: Discovery at Rosetta
Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt
2020, American University in Cairo Press
in English
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Discovery at Rosetta
2008, Constable
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
493.1
Library of Congress
PJ1531.R5 D69 2008, PJ1531.R5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
262

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32093938M
Internet Archive
discoveryatroset0000down
ISBN 10
184529579X
ISBN 13
9781845295790
OCLC/WorldCat
212431843

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