Cracking the Egyptian code : the revolutionary life of Jean-François Champollion
| 1. Verfasser: |
Robinson, Andrew 1957-
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Champollion, Jean-François, 1790-1832
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Thames & Hudson,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Prologue: Egyptomania
- Hieroglyphic "delirium" before Champollion
- A revolutionary childhood
- Reluctant schoolboy
- Egypt encountered
- Paris and the Rosetta stone
- Teenage professor
- The race begins
- Napoleon and Champollion
- Exile and revolt
- Breakthrough
- An Egyptian renaissance
- Curator at the Louvre
- To Egypt, at last
- In search of Ramesses
- First professor of Egyptology
- The hieroglyphs after Champollion
- Postscript: geniuses and polymaths.
