Publisher's Synopsis
Chronicles the twenty-year attempt of French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics despite poverty, ill health, competition by English physician Thomas Young, and political enemies.
The Keys of Egypt The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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| ISBN: | 9780060194390 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Pub date: | 01 Jan 2000 |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| DEWEY: | 493.111 |
| DEWEY edition: | 21 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 335 |
| Weight: | 549g |
| Height: | 215mm |
| Width: | 152mm |
| Spine width: | 31mm |
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