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001 2011046769
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005 20121208084837.0
008 111110s2012 nyua b 001 0beng c
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020 $a9780199914999 (telework)
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050 00 $aPJ1064.C6$bR63 2012
082 04 $a493/.1092$aB$223
100 1 $aRobinson, Andrew,$d1957-
245 10 $aCracking the Egyptian code :$bthe revolutionary life of Jean-François Champollion /$cAndrew Robinson.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2012.
300 $a272 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: Egyptomania -- Hieroglyphic "delirium" before Champollion -- A revolutionary childhood -- Reluctant schoolboy -- Egypt encountered -- Paris and the Rosetta stone -- Teenage professor -- The race begins -- Napoleon and Champollion -- Exile and revolt -- Breakthrough -- An Egyptian renaissance -- Curator at the Louvre -- To Egypt, at last -- In search of Ramesses -- First professor of Egyptology -- The hieroglyphs after Champollion -- Postscript: geniuses and polymaths.
600 10 $aChampollion, Jean-François,$d1790-1832.
650 0 $aEgyptologists$zFrance$vBiography.
650 0 $aEgyptian language$xWriting, Hieroglyphic.