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An updated edition of this acclaimed book, now with a new preface and published to tie in with the bicentenary of Champollion’s breakthrough in 1822. Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-François Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and brilliant child of the French Revolution who made the vital breakthrough in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. This account charts Champollion’s dramatic life and achievements: by turns a teenage professor, a supporter of Napoleon, an exile, a fanatical decipherer and a curator at the Louvre, he lived life to the full but drove himself into an early grave. Andrew Robinson’s full-blooded account brings the man, his setbacks and his ultimate triumphs vividly to life.

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• Full title: Cracking the Egyptian Code
• Author: ROBINSON ANDREW
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780500296929
• ISBN: 0500296928
• ID: 38925699
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Weight: 304 g
• Dimensions: 130 × 198 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. July 2022

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