| Description |
272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Egyptomania -- Hieroglyphic "delirium" before Champollion -- A revolutionary childhood -- Reluctant schoolboy -- Egypt encountered -- Paris and the Rosetta stone -- Teenage professor -- The race begins -- Napoleon and Champollion -- Exile and revolt -- Breakthrough -- An Egyptian renaissance -- Curator at the Louvre -- To Egypt, at last -- In search of Ramesses -- First professor of Egyptology -- The hieroglyphs after Champollion -- Postscript: geniuses and polymaths. |
| Subject |
Champollion, Jean-François, 1790-1832.
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Egyptologists -- France -- Biography.
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Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic.
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| ISBN |
9780199914999 |
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0199914990 |
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