# The romance of excavation

Author: Masters, David, 1883-1965

Genre: Category: Adventure

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70981

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+romance+of+excavation+Masters&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Story of the Rosetta Stone—How it was found by the French and passed into possession of Great Britain—The puzzling picture writing of the ancient Egyptians which no one could read—The English medical man, Dr. T. Young, who began to tear the secret from the Rosetta Stone, and the astounding work of François Champollion, who built up the first hieroglyphic dictionary 1

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-excavation-70981/chapters/10/index.md)