Giblin presents historical information in an interesting manner. He organizes his book to allow the reader to follow along through the history of the Rosetta Stone. The author uses historical references to help the reader understand how the scholars learned from each other to finally decipher the Rosetta Stone. For example, he informs the reader that, "De Sacy, Akerblad, Young, Champollion, and others all made some progress in translating the demotic passage." When they finally deciphered it, it was the greatest discovery at the time and helped everyone around the world understand the hieroglyphs. The author informs us that, "Champollion succeeded in deciphering a large part of the passage." I was unaware of the history behind the Rosetta
