True you will not know how to read hieroglyphs by reading this book but then this would be the objective of a quite different book the story told on the book allow us to understand some key facts about the history of egypt the hieroglyphs and our recent history great book. The keys of egypt was written by husband and wife archaeological team lesley and roy adkins it is subtitled the race to crack the hieroglyph code and starts with a short chapter that introduces the eventual winner of that race the frenchman jean francois champollion and mentions his most serious rival the englishman thomas young. A child prodigy and brilliant linguist born in 1790 french scholar jean francois champollion began his quest to crack the hieroglyphic code while still a schoolboy beginning with the rosetta stone for nearly two decades he slowly pieced together the puzzle always feeling the intense jealousy . Best books like the keys of egypt the race to crack the hieroglyph code 1 how to read egyptian hieroglyphs a step by step guide to teach yourself 2. The race to crack the code share as the potential key to decoding hieroglyphics and the long lost language of the ancient egyptians the inscription the third memphis decree was written