Cracking the Egyptian code : the revolutionary life of Jean-François Champollion /
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Call Number: PJ1064 .C6 R63
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| 020 | |a 9780500051719 | ||
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| 050 | 1 | 4 | |a PJ1064 .C6 |b R63 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Robinson, Andrew, |d 1957- |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Cracking the Egyptian code : |b the revolutionary life of Jean-François Champollion / |c Andrew Robinson. |
| 264 | 1 | |a London : |b Thames & Hudson, |c 2012. | |
| 300 | |a 272 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue : Egyptomania -- Hieroglyphic "delirium" before Champollion -- A revolutionary childhood -- Reluctant schoolboy -- Egypt encountered -- Paris and the Rosetta stone -- Teenage professor -- The race begins -- Napoleon and Champollion -- Exile and revolt -- Breakthrough -- An Egyptian renaissance -- Curator at the Louvre -- To Egypt, at last -- In search of Ramesses -- First professor of Egyptology -- The hieroglyphs after Champollion -- Postscript: geniuses and polymaths. | |
| 555 | |a shimaa | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Champollion, Jean-François, |d 1790-1832. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Egyptian language |x Writing, Hieroglyphic. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Egyptologists |z France |v Biography. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
| 942 | |c BK |2 lcc | ||
| 999 | |c 24321 |d 24321 | ||