The Linguist and the Emperor: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone by Daniel Meyerson

The Linguist and the Emperor: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone

Daniel Meyerson

271 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The deciphering of the Rosetta stone was one of the great intellectual triumphs of all time, unlocking the secrets of thousands of years of Egypt’s ancient civilization. Yet in the past two centuries, the circumstances surrounding this bravura fea...

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