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Cracking the Egyptian Code - The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion (Paperback) Loot Price: R326
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Cracking the Egyptian Code - The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion (Paperback): Andrew Robinson

Cracking the Egyptian Code - The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion (Paperback)

Andrew Robinson

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An updated edition of this acclaimed book, now with a new preface and published to tie in with the bicentenary of Champollion's breakthrough in 1822. Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-Francois Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and brilliant child of the French Revolution who made the vital breakthrough in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. This account charts Champollion's dramatic life and achievements: by turns a teenage professor, a supporter of Napoleon, an exile, a fanatical decipherer and a curator at the Louvre, he lived life to the full but drove himself into an early grave. Andrew Robinson's full-blooded account brings the man, his setbacks and his ultimate triumphs vividly to life.

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Imprint: Thames and Hudson
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2022
Authors: Andrew Robinson
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29692-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > Egyptian archaeology
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 0-500-29692-8
Barcode: 9780500296929

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