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Chargement... The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone (2021)par Edward Dolnick
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. ![]() ![]() Fascinating! I once thought, or was lead to believe, the Rosetta stone was the simple answer to the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphs, not so. Dolnick takes us on an extraordinary journey through the landscape of decipherment and the people who were obsessed with decoding, their mindsets, competitiveness and conviction. The history of the deciphering of hieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone. A story of far greater complexity than the usual school book explanation. Vignettes about historical events leading to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, The collection of ancient papyri, and the men whose obsession lead to its decoding. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British Museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages-in Greek using Greek letters, and in Egyptian using picture-writing called hieroglyphs. Until its discovery, no one in the world knew how to read the hieroglyphs that covered every temple and text and statue in Egypt. Dominating the world for thirty centuries, ancient Egypt was the mightiest empire the world had ever known, yet everything about it-the pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx-was shrouded in mystery. Whoever was able to decipher the Rosetta Stone, and learn how to read hieroglyphs, would solve that mystery and fling open a door that had been locked for two thousand years. Two brilliant rivals set out to win that prize. One was English, the other French, at a time when England and France were enemies and the world's two great superpowers. The Writing of the Gods chronicles this high-stakes intellectual race in which the winner would win glory for both himself and his nation. A riveting portrait of empires both ancient and modern, this is an unparalleled look at the culture and history of ancient Egypt and a fascinating, fast-paced story of human folly and discovery unlike any other"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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![]() GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)493.111Language Other Languages Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic languages Egyptian Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of the standard form of the language Writing systemsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:![]()
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