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Code-breaker's Secret Diaries - Softcover

Champollion, Jean-Francois

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9781903933831: Code-breaker's Secret Diaries
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ISBN 10: 1903933838 ISBN 13: 9781903933831
Publisher: Gibson Square, 2001

Synopsis

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 exhilarated 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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About the Author

Jean-Francois Champollion broke the code of the hieroglyphs and is the founding father of Egyptology. Dr Joyce Tyldesley is Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester and acclaimed author of Egypt. She lives in Lancashire.

Review

'Champollion's enthusiasm is infectious. 'Sunday Times 'Burn with... passion.' Guardian 'Vivid, penetrating.' THES 'Exuberant.' Minerva 'Entertaining.' History Today 'A wealth of observations.' Egyptian Archaeology

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Publisher
Gibson Square
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1903933838
ISBN 13 
9781903933831
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
284
Rating
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