Name: Chasing Hieroglyphs: My Journey to Egypt
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Author: Champollion, Jean-Francois ; Tyldesley, Joyce ; Clayton, Peter A.
ISBN: 9781783342235

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Chasing Hieroglyphs: My Journey to Egypt

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jean-François Champollion

Preface by

Joyce Tyldesley

Translated by

Peter A. Clayton

Publisher

Gibson Square

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781783342235

Synopsis "Chasing Hieroglyphs: My Journey to Egypt"

As a child Jean-François Champollion had but one fervent wish--to travel to Egypt and solve the mystery of the ancient hieroglyphs. Finally, a brief lull in the Mediterranean war against the Ottoman Sultan offered his expedition a window of a few days in 1828 to disembark. Egypt proved a treacherous place, and not only because it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Champollion's secret diary entries vividly chronicle the dangers, his exhilarated enthusiasm for the subjugated country, and not least the remarkable discoveries that were to found the new science of Egyptology. Of the twelve expedition members only a few survived its hardships. Champollion accomplished his dream, but he, too, paid the price when he died at the age of 41 shortly after returning to France.

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