Books in Wonders of the Sea series

Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II) The Rosetta Stone is one of the world's great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the Stone's story, from its discovery by Napoleon's expedition to Egypt to its current--and controversial-- status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum. A pharaoh's forgotten decree, cut in granite in three scripts--Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic, and ancient Greek--the Rosetta Stone promised to unlock the door to the language of ancient Egypt and its 3,000 years of civilization, if only it could be deciphered. Capturing the drama of the race to decode this key to the ancient past, John Ray traces the paths pursued by the British polymath Thomas Young and Jean-Francois Champollion, the "father of Egyptology" ultimately credited with deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. He shows how Champollion "broke the code" and explains more generally how such deciphering is done, as well as its critical role in the history of Egyptology. Concluding with a chapter on the political and cultural controversy surrounding the Stone, the book also includes an appendix with a full translation of the Stone's text. Rich in anecdote and curious lore, The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt is a brilliant and frequently amusing guide to one of history's great mysteries and marvels.

Travel to a spooky sea cave filled with natural blue luminous light. See gigantic stone arches and balancing rocks that seem to defy gravity.Take a journey around our planet and visit some little known but amazing places. Be ready to be surprised.Visit the world’s most photographed mountain, one of the most dangerous to climb. See the largest salt flat in the world, flat as a pancake and so white that it is blinding.View a single tree that has tens of thousands of trunks, one of the heaviest and one oldest things on the planet.See a waterfall that is over 2,000 feet wide which dumps enough water in a single second to fill 5 Olympic sized swimming pools.Witness the beauty of these and other fascinating places that fill this book of Natural Wonders.“…well written for the target age group…The pictures are vivid and well chosen…”This book is full of color images, bursting with amazing facts and is easy to understand. Sure to intrigue young readers.Although this book is aimed at young readers from ages 6 to 8, it will appeal to all readers!To learn more about these Weird and Amazing Places in our Natural World, purchase your copy of this fascinating book today.TJ Rob — www.TJRob.comFor a FREE eBook visit www.TJRob.comBook Contents:Weird and Amazing Places in the NATURAL WorldUluruHa Long BayThe Great Blue HoleSalar De UyuniThe Blue GrottoArches National ParkThe MatterhornNgorangoro CraterThe Great Barrier ReefPandoIguazu FallsThe Grand CanyonThe Giant’s CausewayYuki-No-Otani Snow CanyonDon’t miss these other exciting Books by TJ Rob