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Rumford, James

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

32 pp. | Houghton | March, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-395-97934-X $$15.00
(4) K-3 Jean-François Champollion's lifelong fascination with Egyptian hieroglyphs--and eventual deciphering of their meaning--is simplified for young children. Dark watercolor illustrations convey Champollion's determination to crack the hieroglyph code. Though including hieroglyphs within the body of the text may have seemed clever, it undermines the mystery and nearly always breaks the narrative flow.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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