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100 1 $aDolnick, Edward,$d1952-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Writing of the gods :$bthe race to decode the Rosetta Stone /$cEdward Dolnick.
250 $aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2021.
264 4 $c©2021
300 $a1 online resource :$billustrations (some color)
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British Museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages-in Greek using Greek letters, and in Egyptian using picture-writing called hieroglyphs. Until its discovery, no one in the world knew how to read the hieroglyphs that covered every temple and text and statue in Egypt. Dominating the world for thirty centuries, ancient Egypt was the mightiest empire the world had ever known, yet everything about it-the pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx-was shrouded in mystery. Whoever was able to decipher the Rosetta Stone, and learn how to read hieroglyphs, would solve that mystery and fling open a door that had been locked for two thousand years. Two brilliant rivals set out to win that prize. One was English, the other French, at a time when England and France were enemies and the world's two great superpowers. The Writing of the Gods chronicles this high-stakes intellectual race in which the winner would win glory for both himself and his nation. A riveting portrait of empires both ancient and modern, this is an unparalleled look at the culture and history of ancient Egypt and a fascinating, fast-paced story of human folly and discovery unlike any other"--$cProvided by publisher.
588 $aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 08, 2021).
505 0 $aPrologue -- Chapter One: The Stakes -- Chapter Two: The Find -- Chapter Three: The Challenge -- Chapter Four: Voices from the Dust -- Chapter Five: So Near and Yet So Far -- Chapter Six: The Conquering Hero -- Chapter Seven: The Burning Deck -- Chapter Eight: Monsieur Smith Makes His Exit -- Chapter Nine: A Celebrity in Stone -- Chapter Ten: First Guesses -- Chapter Eleven: The Rivals -- Chapter Twelve: Thomas Young Is Almost Surprised -- Chapter Thirteen: Archimedes in His Bathtub, Thomas Young in His Country House -- Chapter Fourteen: Ahead of the Field -- Chapter Fifteen: Lost in the Labyrinth -- Chapter Sixteen: Ancient Wisdom -- Chapter Seventeen: "A Cipher and a Secret Writing" -- Chapter Eighteen: The Exile -- Chapter Nineteen: Here Comes Champollion -- Chapter Twenty: "A Veritable Chaos" -- Chapter Twenty-One: The Birth of Writing -- Chapter Twenty-Two: The Paduan Giant -- Chapter Twenty-Three: Abu Simbel -- Chapter Twenty-Four: Eureka! -- Chapter Twenty-Five: The Unveiling -- Chapter Twenty-Six: A Duck May Be Somebody's Mother -- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Straining to Hear -- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Strength in Numbers -- Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Pair of Walking Legs -- Chapter Thirty: Clean Robes and Soft Hands -- Chapter Thirty-One: Out of a Job -- Chapter Thirty-Two: The Lost Pharaoh -- Epilogue -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- Aout the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
600 10 $aYoung, Thomas,$d1773-1829.
600 10 $aChampollion, Jean-François,$d1790-1832.
630 00 $aRosetta stone.
600 17 $aChampollion, Jean-François,$d1790-1832.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00047450
600 17 $aYoung, Thomas,$d1773-1829.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00164731
630 07 $aRosetta stone.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01358645
650 0 $aEgyptian language$xWriting, Hieroglyphic.
650 6 $aÉgyptien (Langue)$xÉcriture hiéroglyphique.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEgyptian language$xWriting, Hieroglyphic.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00903961
655 0 $aElectronic books.
655 4 $aElectronic books.
776 08 $iPrint version:$aDolnick, Edward, 1952-$tWriting of the gods$bFirst Scribner hardcover edition.$dNew York : Scribner, 2021$z9781501198939$w(DLC) 2021022972
856 40 $uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio16273108$zAll EBSCO eBooks
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