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'Champollion's enthusiasm is infectious.'Sunday Times'Burn with... passion.'Guardian --1
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As a child Jean-François Champollion had but one fervent wish to travel to Egypt and solve the mystery of the ancient hieroglyphs. Finally, a brief lull in the Mediterranean war against the Ottoman Sultan offered his expedition a window of a few days to disembark on 31 July 1822. Egypt proved a treacherous place, and not only because it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Champollion s secret diary entries vividly chronicle the dangers, his exhilerated enthusiasm for the subjugated country, and not least the remarkable discoveries that were to found the new science of Egyptology. Of the twelve expedition members only a few survived its hardships. Champollion accomplished his dream, but he, too, paid the price when he died at the age of 41.
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The hieroglyphs script was only deciphered in 1822 by Jean Francois Champollion. That is 23 years of hard work after the Rosetta Stone was found in 1799.
There is no detailed biography of Champollion in English. The best available is The Keys of Egypt- the Race to Read the Hieroglyphs by Lesley and Roy Adkins ©2000.
This book contains the diary and letters written by Champollion when he visited Egypt's antiquities from May 1828 to March 1830. A fascinating diary.
There is no detailed biography of Champollion in English. The best available is The Keys of Egypt- the Race to Read the Hieroglyphs by Lesley and Roy Adkins ©2000.
This book contains the diary and letters written by Champollion when he visited Egypt's antiquities from May 1828 to March 1830. A fascinating diary.
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After waiting so long for the book to be published I was very disappointed after all the hype about it.
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