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Old 07-20-2009, 05:37 PM   #2271
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
I'm reading "Mirage" by Nina Burleigh - the account of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 that discovered the Rosetta Stone, but lost the war. Fascinating account of the hundreds of academics, scientists & students he took to Egypt, and then abandoned there.
"The keys of Egypt" by Lesley & Roy Adkins which details Champollion's decoding of hieroglyphs is a great follow-on. Don't know if that's available in ebook - I bought the pbook a couple of years ago.
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