Champollion

Julia Herdman offers a brief account of this remarkable man and his work in this illustrated, quick and easy-to-read mini-history.

Includes:

• Introduction
• A Brief History of Writing in the Near East - Mesopotamia & Egypt
• Champollion: The Man
• The Champollion Brothers and Bonaparte
• Finding the Rosetta Stone
• Deciphering the Stone
• Rivalry with Thomas Young
• More Doubts Cast on Champollion's Decipherment
• Curator and Professor
• Expedition to Egypt and Nubia, 1828
• Champollion's Death and Legacy - Personal Legacy & Professional Legacy

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