The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Rise and Shine)
by James Rumford
appears in Children's, History, and Fiction.
In 1802, JeanFrancois Champollion was eleven years old. That year, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt?s ancient hieroglyphs. Champollion?s dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past, and he dedicated the next twenty years to the challenge.James Rumford introduces the remarkable man who deciphered the anci...
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Consider Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Morgan E. Moroney.
“Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt offers a breezy guided tour of Egyptian deities, linking gods to the rhythms of daily life — from dawn’s sun to the Nile’s flood. The prose is accessible and descriptive, useful as a quick primer or a source of evocative images for writers and teachers. Its main limitation is its surface-level treatment: it prioritizes readable summaries over deep source discussion, so readers seeking original texts, detailed archaeological evidence, or sustained scholarly argument will likely find it thin.”
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