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100	1		_aDolnick, Edward, _d1952- _eauthor. _9115058
245	1	4	_aThe writing of the gods : _bthe race to decode the Rosetta Stone / _cEdward Dolnick.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bScribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axv, 311 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British Museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages-in Greek using Greek letters, and in Egyptian using picture-writing called hieroglyphs. Until its discovery, no one in the world knew how to read the hieroglyphs that covered every temple and text and statue in Egypt. Dominating the world for thirty centuries, ancient Egypt was the mightiest empire the world had ever known, yet everything about it-the pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx-was shrouded in mystery. Whoever was able to decipher the Rosetta Stone, and learn how to read hieroglyphs, would solve that mystery and fling open a door that had been locked for two thousand years. Two brilliant rivals set out to win that prize. One was English, the other French, at a time when England and France were enemies and the world's two great superpowers. The Writing of the Gods chronicles this high-stakes intellectual race in which the winner would win glory for both himself and his nation. A riveting portrait of empires both ancient and modern, this is an unparalleled look at the culture and history of ancient Egypt and a fascinating, fast-paced story of human folly and discovery unlike any other"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index.
630	0	0	_aRosetta stone. _927875
650		0	_aEgyptian language _xWriting, Hieroglyphic. _93997
600	1	0	_aYoung, Thomas, _d1773-1829.
600	1	0	_aChampollion, Jean-François, _d1790-1832. _93996
655		7	_aInstructional and educational works. _2lcgft _9296635
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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