Seen as mystical codes, Egyptian hieroglyphs were the subject of a hard-fought race between the French and the English in the 1820s. Outflanking opponents, Champollion emerged as the man who solved their complicated code through his driven genius. In this lively account of brilliance and perseverance, he succeeds against the odds to reach Egypt in 1828 during a brief lull in the Turkish wars in the Mediterranean. A unique and passionate tale, his adventure was troubled by heat, flooding, robbers and deceitful dealers; yet he also uncovers evidence regarding the age of the world, then thought to be no more than 4000 years. These dispatches of his progress to his brother, a journalist, were impatiently read in Europe at the time, but have never been published in Britain.
- ISBN10 1903933293
- ISBN13 9781903933299
- Publish Date 31 January 2009
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gibson Square Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English