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How the Rosetta Stone was deciphered
“The Writing of the Gods” is an entertaining account of a great intellectual achievement
YOU MIGHT think the most daunting decoding challenges occur when an enemy makes a message difficult to read by design. To break ciphers such as Germany’s Enigma code in the second world war requires enormous ingenuity.
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