by Jean Lacouture · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246412113
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«Champollion, une vie de lumières» is the biography of Jean-François Champollion written by Jean Lacouture, published by B. Grasset in paperback (529 pages).
The work traces the life of Jean-François Champollion, the French Egyptologist who succeeded in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, and explains how that achievement made it possible to read the texts of ancient Egypt. Lacouture combines the biographical narrative with the historical and scientific context, and shows the obstacles he faced and the mark he left on Egyptology.
Work in French, first edition published in Paris in 1988; includes bibliographic references (pp. 519-521) and index.
For those interested in the history of ancient Egypt and the figure of Champollion.
Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies.
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