Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Type

Book

Authors

James Rumford

ISBN 10

039597934X

ISBN 13

9780395979341

Tags

Historical, Archaeology, Reference

Description

To a child, the future is a magnificent dream. For Jean-Francois Champollion, the dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was eleven years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges over the next twenty years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing -- and the fulfillment of his dreams. - from Amzon

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