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|title=The Rosetta Stone

|sort=Rosetta Stone

|date=February 2007

|isbn=978-1861973344

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John Ray's previous book [[Reflections of Osiris: Lives from Ancient Egypt]] provided a learned but accessible introduction to the civilisation of Ancient Egypt. In ''The Rosetta Stone'' he turns to the most famous artefact of this civilisation and uses it as a starting point for a tale of discovery and interpretation: how the hieroglyphic alphabet was deciphered and how this ''most glamorous of civilisations'' was given voice again, after being mute for more than a thousand years.