Discovery at Rosetta: A Virtual Book Talk

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Join us for a virtual book talk celebrating the bicentennial deciphering the Rosetta Stone in 1822. You can register to attend through Zoom

The Rosetta Stone is arguably the most important Egyptian artifact ever discovered. It became the code key to ancient reading hieroglyphics, the sacred script of the powerful priesthood – a skill lost for nearly 2000 years and a puzzle that had defied scholars from Europe and the Middle East for centuries.

Author Jonathan Downs takes us through the extraordinary adventure of Napoleon Bonaparte’s mission to conquer Egypt and how his hand-picked academic specialists awakened the world to the lost civilization of the pharaohs. From the invasion of Egypt and the stone’s unexpected discovery, through a tale of spies and lies, to the final decipherment by Jean-François Champollion – this is the secret history of the Rosetta Stone and the cracking of the hieroglyph code.

Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt by Jonathan Downs is published by AUC Press (2020) and is available for sale worldwide in major bookstores and online book retailers.
US: Aerio Shop | Amazon.com
UK: Bookshop.org | Amazon.co.uk
Egypt: AUC Bookstores

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