Delete
|
THE KEYS OF EGYPT: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs
[Buy it!] | Adkins, Lesley; Adkins, Roy | USD 19.32
(Sun Jun 2 07:32:55 2024) | AbebooksUK | Amazing Book Company | ISBN10: 0060194391, ISBN13: 9780060194390, [publisher: HarperCollins, New York] Hardcover First Edition This copy is in new, unmarked condition quarter bound in black cloth to tan paper covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and a blind publisher's logo to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This book chronicles the twenty-year attempt of French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics despite poverty, ill health, competition by English physician Thomas Young, and political enemies. This is a deeply detailed look at the life of Champollion and the other scientists and rivals, particularly Young in England, who worked at deciphering the hieroglyphs. The Adkins' are well known authors in the field of Archaeology, and have always been able to turn what can be a dry and dusty subject(pun intended), into something which can fascinate and draw the reader in. Ref D 3
[Liphook, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000] |
