Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion 0199914990, 9780199914999
In 1799 Napoleon's army uncovered an ancient stele in the Nile delta. Its inscription, recorded in three distinct s
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Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Prologue: Egyptomania......Page 13
I. Hieroglyphic 'Delirium' Before Champolion......Page 19
II. A Revolutionary Childhood......Page 32
III. Reluctant Schoolboy......Page 43
IV. Egypt Encountered......Page 53
V. Paris and the Rosetta Stone......Page 61
VI. Teenage Professor......Page 73
VII. The Race Begins......Page 84
VIII. Napoleon and Champollion......Page 96
IX. Exile and Revolt......Page 113
X. Breakthrough......Page 131
XI. An Egyptian Renaissance......Page 155
XII. Curator at the Louvre......Page 171
XIII. To Egypt, At Last......Page 180
XIV. In Search of Ramesses......Page 209
XV. First Professor of Egyptology......Page 230
XVI. The Hieroglyps After Champollion......Page 241
Postcript: Geniuses and Polymaths......Page 257
Notes and References......Page 259
Bibliography......Page 267
List of Illustrations......Page 271
Index......Page 273
Back Cover......Page 280
