Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt

by Jonathan Downs

In 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants--scientists, engineers, and artists--his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old fort in the small port of Rosetta, the savants made a startling discovery: a large, flat stone, inscribed in Greek, demotic Egyptian, and ancient hieroglyphics. This was the Rosetta...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774169263
• ISBN13: 9789774169267
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"