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Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of California Pr
Publication date September 1, 1999
Pages 208
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780520222489
ISBN-10 0520222482
Dimensions 0.75 by 8.50 by 11 in.
Weight 1.85 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $31.95
Other format details university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Publication to accompany a major 1999 exhibition at the British Museum celebrating the bicentenary of the Stone's discovery, and including a selective catalogue of the exhibits. It also examines the wider issues of script and writing in ancient Egypt and beyond, for example, the relationship between hieroglyphs and art, the social prestige of literacy, and the practical aspects of writing (scibal exquipment and training). Other issues in decipherment are also discussed, such as Linear B and Meroitic, a language which still remains to be read.

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9780520223066 | details & prices | 208 pages | 9.00 × 11.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.35 lbs | List price $85.00
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from Univ of California Pr (September 1, 1999)
9780520222489 | details & prices | 208 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $31.95
About: Publication to accompany a major 1999 exhibition at the British Museum celebrating the bicentenary of the Stone's discovery, and including a selective catalogue of the exhibits.

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