Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs - James Rumford • BookLikes (ISBN:039597934X)

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

by: James Rumford (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780395979341 (039597934X)

ASIN: 039597934X

Publish date: 2000-04-24

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Pages no: 32

Edition language: English

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Childrens, Non Fiction, Biography, History, Cultural, Picture Books, Egypt

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My kids were fascinated by this story. Jean-Franscios is a French youth during the time of the Revolution who falls in love with Egyptian culture and specifically hieroglyphics. He is obsessed by them, and wants to solve the mystery of the writing. After the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and pro...

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Seeker of Knowledge is a picture book biography of Jean-Francois Champollion - the man who cracked the code of the Rosetta Stone and thus unlocking the story of Egypt's past. I think author James Rumford did a good job of making Champollion's story an interesting one for child readers. My daughter...

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