Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment by R.B. Parkinson

Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment

R.B. Parkinson

208 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Napoleon's troops discovered a granitoid slab in the village of Rosetta in the western Delta in 1799. The Rosetta Stone was to become one of the most famous Egyptian antiquities in the world as well as an instantly recognizable icon of script and ...

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