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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek,
Demotic and hieroglyphic that provided the key to the mysterious
hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt, and opened up 3,000 years of
the country's history and culture. This book tells the fascinating
story of one of archaeology's icons, from its creation in the
second century BC, to its discovery in 1799 during Napoleon's
Egyptian campaign, to the subsequent race to decipher its
hieroglyphic text. Undertaken by two brilliant scholars - the
Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion, and the English physicist
Thomas Young - it was the former who eventually succeeded in making
the crucial breakthrough. Today the Rosetta Stone stands in the
Museum as an enduring symbol of human understanding and
communication through the ages.
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