The Rosetta Stone
Sole, Robert2002
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July 1799 near Rosetta, a French officer unearthed a granite block bearing text in three different scripts; Greek, demotic Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. For the first time there was real hope of decoding Egyptian writing.
Main title:
The Rosetta Stone / by Robert Sole and Dominique Valbelle ; translated by Steven Rendall
Imprint:
New York Four Walls Eight Windows 2002
Collation:
184 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates portraits
Notes:
On cover: The story of decoding of hieroglyphics
Contents:
Fort Julien -- The thirty-first session -- Sacred signs and symbols -- With the point of a compass -- The spoils of war -- King George's gift -- Description, for want of something better -- Akerblad's 'alphabet' -- Champollion goes to work -- Signed 'ABCD' -- Three related scripts -- The letter to M. Dacier -- Ideas and sounds -- A science is born -- Deciphers by the hundreds -- The magic of a script -- The fate of a stone -- The Memphis Decree -- Other bilingual stelae -- Thomas Young's intuitions -- Champollion's lecture
ISBN:
9781568582269 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
493.1 ROS
Local class:
493.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
5190
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 493.1 ROS | Available |