Writing of the Gods - The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

"Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages--in Greek using Greek letters, and in Egyptian using picture-writing called hieroglyphs. Until its discovery, no one in the world knew how to read the hieroglyphs that covered every temple and text and statue in Egypt. Dominating the world for thirty centuries, ancient Egypt was the mightiest empire the world had ever known, yet everything about it--the pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx--was shrouded in mystery. Whoever was able to decipher the Rosetta Stone, and learn how to read hieroglyphs, would solve that mystery and fling open a door that had been locked for two thousand years. Two brilliant rivals set out to win that prize"--

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Edward Dolnick

Product details

• Authors: Edward Dolnick, Edward Dolnick
• Publisher: Scribner USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781501198946
• ISBN: 978-1-5011-9894-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, Archaeology, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Geographical discovery and exploration, BCE to c 500 CE, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period)