The Keys of Egypt. The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs, Paperback/Roy Adkins

A vivid and superbly written account of the unravelling of one of the great intellectual puzzles, set against the backdop of Europe in the Napoleonic era. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Author(s): Roy Adkins Illustration(s): 16 b/w plates (16pp) Number of pages: 352 Publication date: 2001 Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 26 Cover type: Paperback / softback