Napoleon in Egypt
This recording tells the story of French general Napoleon Bonaparte and his 1798 expedition to Egypt. It is in English with some phrases in French.
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Napoleon in Egpyt (5.2 MB)In military terms the expedition led by Napoleon was not successful but the army was accompanied by 167 scientists and artists.
They described everthing they discovered and explored - ancient tombs, temples and mummies - and the 20 volumes of writings and pictures they published form the basis of modern Egyptology.
Napoleon instructed his soldiers not to destroy ancient buildings and artefacts. In fact one of them - Pierre-Francois Bouchard - discovered the most famous artefact of all, the Rosetta Stone.
Monuments on maps
Celtic monuments
- Celtic heads
Pictures and information on the Brigantes Nation website about Celtic carved heads; in the area dominated by the Iron Age Brigantes tribe in the United Kingdom more than 2,000 carved heads have been identified.