General Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as a crusader, tyrant, and initiator of a series of wars. But one of his lesser-known offenses — abandoning a crew of scholars and scientists in Egypt ...

While Bonaparte waited for the right moment ... It was a meeting between the Europe of the future and the Egypt of the past. HORWARD: Napoleon just organized his army into five gigantic squares.

In 1799, the young French Republic faced war with a coalition of European enemies, and an unpopular and corrupt government at ...

In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte brought a slew of savants — geologists, engineers, and other scientists — on his unsuccessful attempt to take over Egypt. A collection of mummified animals that the ...

Nelson comes face to face with the French fleet of Napoleon in Egypt, for the ultimate naval face off. One of the greatest ...

Bonaparte was not only a warrior ... with a star of destiny shining over his ship. By the time Napoleon returned to France from Egypt in August 1799, he was famous. His brillant career ended ...

In 48 BC, after suffering a series of defeats to Caesar, Pompey was murdered in Egypt. "I admire the fine campaign of Caesar in Africa," Bourriene quoted Napoleon as saying. Shortly after that ...

which means they can only leave the country temporarily Sarah Kuta One of the carvings may even depict French emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte being hanged Sarah Kuta Nobody knows ...

Titian's Rest On The Flight Into Egypt, is kept in Longleat ... looted the painting in 1809 for the Napoleon Museum, which was assembled by the Bonaparte family. Christie's said the painting ...