How One Man Unveiled the Mysteries of the Nile
Champollion, Jean Francois
Clayton, Peter
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Paperback (C Format)
284 pages
Maps
Published: 2001
Publisher: Gibson Square Books
ISBN / EAN: 1903933021
How one man unveiled the mysteries of the Nile. Seen as mystical codes, Egyptian hieroglyphs were the subject of a hard-fought race between the French and the English in the 1820s. Outflanking opponents, Champollian wars. This is the first English public