Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt (2nd Edition)

Langue : anglais

Edité par The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo and New York, NY, 2020

9774169263 / 9789774169267

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Scarce. This intriguing soft cover book is xxvii + 268 pages in length. It features 4 maps and 15 black-and-white illustrations. Our copy is unread and in as new condition. Photographs are available. "In 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants—scientists, engineers, and artists—his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old fort in the small port of Rosetta, the savants made a startling discovery: a large, flat stone, inscribed in Greek, demotic Egyptian, and ancient hieroglyphics. This was the Rosetta Stone, key to the two-thousand-year mystery of hieroglyphs, and to Egypt itself. Two years later, French forces retreated before the English and Ottoman armies, but would not give up the stone. Caught between the opposing generals at the siege of Alexandria, British special agents went in to find the Rosetta Stone, rescue the French savants, and secure a fragile peace treaty. Discovery at Rosetta uses French, Egyptian, and English eyewitness accounts to tell the complete story of the discovery, decipherment, and capture of the Rosetta Stone, investigating the rivalries and politics of the time, and the fate of the stone today".…

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Titre
Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt (2nd Edition)
Auteur
Downs, Jonathan
Éditeur
The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo and New York, NY
Année de publication
2020
État de l'article
As New
Jaquette
No Jacket
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
9774169263
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9789774169267
Édition
2nd Edition

Egyptology Titles

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A large collection of privately owned publications, mostly relating to ancient Egypt (all periods), Nubia, and the surrounding areas, which have been gathered together over the course of the last fifty years. Books range from second-hand in good condition to extremely rare, with a number of recently acquired brand new volumes. Over the years I have also procured a selection of withdrawn university library books. The collection further includes a significant number of scholarly journals and popular magazines about the ancient world. Please browse the titles currently available. Additional works are still being added. There are hundreds more yet to be listed. If you should have any questions about any of these offerings, please feel free to inquire. Emails are attempted to be answered in an expeditious manner. Your purchases are always carefully wrapped and shipped promptly. The books come from a smoke-free household. Photographs are available to those seriously interested.…

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