La Pierre de Rosette

Synopsis of La Pierre de Rosette

«La Pierre de Rosette» is the historical essay by Carol Andrews and Michele Riley, published by British Museum Press in paperback (32 pages, in French).

This illustrated book reconstructs the history of the Rosetta Stone: its discovery, its transfer to England and the long process of deciphering its text. The work explains how that block of granite with hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek inscriptions became the key to understanding the language of ancient Egypt.

Originally published in English in 1981 under the title The Rosetta Stone, this French version was published in 1993 in paperback; the translation is by Michele Riley.

For readers interested in Egyptology, archaeology and the history of writing, and for those seeking an accessible introduction to ancient Egypt.