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Discovery at Rosetta

- Revealing Ancient Egypt
Af: Jonathan Downs Engelsk Paperback

Discovery at Rosetta

- Revealing Ancient Egypt
Af: Jonathan Downs Engelsk Paperback
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The first full account of the English acquisition of the Rosetta Stone in 1801

“A real-life story of intrigue, sacrifice and distrust in a country at war—the first complete account of the stone itself.”—Ancient Egypt

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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The first full account of the English acquisition of the Rosetta Stone in 1801

“A real-life story of intrigue, sacrifice and distrust in a country at war—the first complete account of the stone itself.”—Ancient Egypt

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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9789774169267
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 9774169263
Kategori: Ancient Egypt
Udg. Dato: 20 feb 2020
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 139mm
Forlag: The American University in Cairo Press
Oplagsdato: 20 feb 2020
Forfatter(e): Jonathan Downs
Forfatter(e) Jonathan Downs

Kategori Ancient Egypt

ISBN-13 9789774169267

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 304

Udgave

Længde 17mm

Bredde 209mm

Højde 139mm

Udg. Dato 20 feb 2020

Oplagsdato 20 feb 2020

Forlag The American University in Cairo Press