| #1063571 in Books | 2001-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x1.38 x5.08l,.43 | File type: PDF | 284 pages||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| One of the best books ever written about Ancient Egypt|By James R. Messenger|"The Code-breaker's Secret Diaries: Rediscovering Ancient Egypt" by Jean-Francois Champollion is one of the great unknown masterworks on Ancient Egypt. Written by the man who was the first human to discover how to read the lost language of the Pharaohs, this documentation of the journey he took to Egy||'Champollion's enthusiasm is infectious. 'Sunday Times 'Burn with... passion.' Guardian 'Vivid, penetrating.' THES 'Exuberant.' Minerva 'Entertaining.' History Today 'A wealth of observations.' Egyptian Archaeology|About the Author
This book contains the letters and diaries of Champollion, whose work deciphering the Rosetta Stone paved the way for a huge upsurge in interest in the world of the ancient Egyptians. Armed with the knowledge recently obtained by the Napoleonic survey of Egypt and Champollion's new understanding of hieroglyphics, this book tells of his expedition to Egypt between May 1828 and March 1830, in his own words. The third edition has a new introduction by Richard Lebeau and a n...
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