The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Diane Greco Josefowicz, Jed Buchwald

The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Diane Greco Josefowicz, Jed Buchwald

576 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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The legendary rivalry behind the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphsIn 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three dif...

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