The Writing of the Gods The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

"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

ISBN:	9781501198939
Publisher:	Scribner
Imprint:	Scribner
Published date:	19 Oct 2021
DEWEY:	493.111
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xv, 311
Weight:	503g
Height:	236mm
Width:	162mm
Spine width:	30mm

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