Resource Summary
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The Mystery of the Hieroglyphs by Carol Donoughue (Author) An interesting, conversational story of the Rosetta Stone and the race to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. |
Details
- Resource Type: Book
- ISBN: 0-19-521554-0
- Print Status: In Print
- Sections: 8
- Pages: 48
- Suggested Grade Level: 3rd - 6th
- Geographical Setting: Egypt, France, England
- Historical Setting: 2500BC - 1832
- Subjects: History
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Copyright: 1999
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Section Details
- 1 — How the Egyptians wrote
- 2 — How we know
- 3 — The discovery of the Rosetta Stone
- 4 — Thomas Young
- 5 — Jean Francois Champollion
- 6 — Success at last
- 7 — Champollion goes to Egypt
- 8 — Reading hieroglyphs