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The Riddle of the Rosetta : How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs /

The legendary rivalry behind the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphsIn 1799, a French officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three different scripts. So begins one of the most familiar tales i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Buchwald, Jed Z. (Autor), Josefowicz, Diane Greco (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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