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Book SynopsisPraise for the exhibition ***** The Telegraph ***** The Times ***** Daily Telegraph **** The Evening Standard âœPlunge into the infinity pool of ancient Egyptian history with this dizzying array of artworksâ - Waldemar Januszczack, Sunday Times Culture magazine Today the history of ancient Egypt is known around the world, recognisable in precious museum collections and countless retellings from popular culture. Yet for hundreds of years, from the late Roman Empire to the 19th century, the wonders of this ancient civilisation were frozen in time, locked in artefacts that could not be understood due to the loss of the ancient Egyptian language. In 1799 the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, a slab inscribed in three scripts, hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek, changed the course of history, unlocking thousands of years of ancient culture and eventually becoming one of the worldâs most famous museum artefacts. The British Museumâs exhibition Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt and this
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. The truth in translation: the journey to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs
2. The race to decipherment
3. Legacy and impact
4. The future of Egyptology
Notes and select bibliography
List of contributors
Acknowledgements and credits
Index
