Volume 1

An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, and Egyptian antiquities. Including the Author's original alphabet, as extended by Mr. Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts / By Thomas Young.

  • Young, Thomas, 1773-1829.
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, and Egyptian antiquities. Including the Author's original alphabet, as extended by Mr. Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts / By Thomas Young. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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