Cracking the Egyptian Code : The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion (Hardcover)

Prologue: Egyptomania; 1. Hieroglyphic ‘Delirium’ before Champollion; 2. A Revolutionary Childhood; 3. Reluctant Schoolboy; 4. Egypt Encountered; 5. Paris and the Rosetta Stone; 6. Teenage Professor; 7. The Race Begins; 8. Napoleon and Champollion; 9. Exile and Revolt; 10. Breakthrough; 11. An Egyptian Renaissance; 12. Curator at the Louvre; 13. To Egypt, At Last; 14. In Search of Ramesses; 15. First Professor of Egyptology; 16. The Hieroglyphs after Champollion; Postscript: Geniuses and Polymaths