Jean-François Champollion, Egyptian diaries.
How one man solved the mysteries of the Nile. The man who broke the code of the Rosetta Stone. London 2001.
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Condition : good condition, some annotations.
Illustrations : numerous black and white illustrations in the text.Considered as mystical codes, the Egyptian hieroglyphs were the subject of a fierce race between the French and the English in the 1820s. Outshining his opponents, Champollion emerged as the man who solved their complicated code through his genius. In this vivid account of genius and perseverance, he managed, against all odds, to reach Egypt in 1828, during a brief lull in the Turkish wars in the Mediterranean. A unique and exciting tale, his adventure is plagued by heat, floods, thieves and rogue traders, but he also discovers evidence of the age of the world, then thought to be no more than 4000 years old.
Condition | Used - Very Good |
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Language | United Kingdom |
Illustrated | Yes |
Year | 2001 |
Author / Cartographer / Photographer | Champollion Jean-François |
Editor | Gibson Square Books |
First edition | No |
Signed edition | No |
Signed binding | No |
Armorial binding | No |
Binding / Format | Softcover |
Size | 21,5 x 14 cm |