A review by mijtje
The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick

informative medium-paced

4.75

This book describes the challenges faced when trying to translate hieroglyphs, and how the two main characters that worked to understand them: Young and Champollion. It is a nice read, with a lot of fun facts and anecdotes that make this book much more than a historical review of the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Probably the most fun non-fiction book I’ve read in a while.