{"product_id":"hieroglyphs-9780714191287","title":"Hieroglyphs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the exhibition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e* The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e* The Times\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e* Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Plunge into the infinity pool of ancient Egyptian history with this dizzying array of artworks\" - Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday Times Culture magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday the history of ancient Egypt is known around the world, recognisable in precious museum collections and countless retellings from popular culture. Yet for hundreds of years, from the late Roman Empire to the 19th century, the wonders of this ancient civilisation were frozen in time, locked in artefacts that could not be understood due to the loss of the ancient Egyptian language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1799, the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, a slab inscribed in three scripts—hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek—changed the course of history. It unlocked thousands of years of ancient culture and eventually became one of the world's most famous museum artefacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe British Museum's exhibition \u003ci\u003eHieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e and this accompanying publication tell the story of the Rosetta Stone and of countless other objects that were key to efforts to decode the hieroglyphs dating back to the Islamic Golden Age. Featuring fascinating objects from the British Museum and international lenders, the book shows how the presence of a written language was the key to understanding life in ancient Egypt, from everyday business affairs to the sacred secrets of the afterlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterweaving the story of decipherment with colonial history, the book takes readers up to the present day, revealing what researchers are doing now to tell us more about one of the world's longest surviving civilisations through the understanding of their writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished to coincide with the bicentenary of Jean-François Champollion's breakthrough in decipherment, this beautifully illustrated book shows how an unassuming grey stone was the key to the secrets of ancient Egypt and led to the most significant code-breaking moment in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362620915948,"sku":"9780714191287","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5bd5653f9ff3229298cdc2d33c76696d.jpg?v=1772935257","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/hieroglyphs-9780714191287","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}