Déchiffrement(s) : des hiéroglyphes à l'ADN. Arts Graphiques enriched with a preface by

enriched with a preface by the author

On August 24

reproduced in facsimile with a Japanese-style binding

A fraternal friendship ensued

Déchiffrement(s) : des hiéroglyphes à l'ADN. Arts Graphiques enriched with a preface byOn September 22, 1822, Jean Franois Champollion, in a state of extreme excitement, completed his famous Letter to Mr. Dacier, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. In it, he explained how he had unraveled the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphs, providing the founding text for their decipherment. In this book, which celebrates the bicentenary of this event, specialists tell the story of the decipherment of ancient