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Antiquities Champollion, Jean-François 1790-1832 Champollion, Jean-François 1790-1832 Juvenile literature Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane 1913-2011 Egypt Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic Juvenile literature Egyptologists Egyptologists France Biography Juvenile literature FranceFilter By Subjects
Antiquities Champollion, Jean-François 1790-1832 Champollion, Jean-François 1790-1832 Juvenile literature Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane 1913-2011 Egypt Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic Juvenile literature Egyptologists Egyptologists France Biography Juvenile literature FranceOlson, Lynne
Summary: "In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time--an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: A biography of the French scholar whose decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language made the study of ancient Egypt possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003