The Keys of Egypt
Subtitle: The Race to Crack the Hieroglyph Code
Publisher: Perennial
Published: November 27, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780060953492
First sentence: The house at 28 rue Mazarine, where Jean-Francois Champollion lived and carried on his research into hieroglyphs, was less than 200 yards from the Institute of France where his brother Jacques had his office.