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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library
Bonaparte took along 200 men to ward off bandits in his sightseeing trip
toward where the Pyramids
stood at Giza in September of 1798. The Sphinx's head was the only think showing as it was covered with sand which would not be cleared until 1818. Bonaparte climbed the Great Pyramid along with some of his scientists. You wonder what kind of
chord this struck in the man? Did it
confirm the confidence he had in himself in creating an Empire to rival Alexander, or did it teach him about Alexander's failures when his empire crumbled into civil wars?