Cracking Codes / The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment overijssel tussen rampen en geluk scheen

tussen rampen en geluk scheen de afstand groter dan voor ons

panache and ability to pick out the most salient and revealing aspects of each period

De Bezige Bij 2010

De kinderen van Attila is een meesterlijk boek over een land dat iedereen bezighoudt

Galerie Klagenfurt

Cracking Codes / The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment overijssel tussen rampen en geluk scheenNapoleon's troops discovered a granitoid slab in the village of Rosetta in the western Delta in 1799. The Rosetta Stone was to become one of the most famous Egyptian antiquities in the world as well as an instantly recognizable icon of script and decipherment. In this exciting, beautifully illustrated work, Richard Parkinson tells the story of the Stone's discovery and the so called battle of the decipherers that it inspired. Published to accompany a