An extensive analysis of unpublished documents reveals the remarkable relationship between two brilliant friends destined to shape the history of Egyptology: Jean-Francois Champollion, the decipherer of the famous Rosetta Stone, and Giovanni Battista Belzoni, the discoverer of, among other wonders of Egypt, the tomb of the pharaoh Seti I. The story depicted in the volume envisions that the friendship and work of Jean-Francois and Giovanni persist...
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