The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt

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Harvard University Press, 2011-06-01 - 208 psl.
The Rosetta Stone is one of the world’s great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the Stone’s story, from its discovery by Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt to its current—and controversial— status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum.
 

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Introduction
1
The Fading of the Light
9
The Pot and the Kettle
25
The Man of Science
38
The Man of Art
56
To Make Them Live Again
80
The Return of the Light
96
The Heirs of JeanFrançois
110
The Words of the Stone
132
Whoose Loot is it Anyway?
145
The text of the stone
164
Further reading
171
List of illustrations
186
Acknowledgements
189
Index
191
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