Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library
Napoleon must have had to bone up on his scientific
jargon when speaking to some his scientists on his Egyptian expedition. Otherwise he might think that they had descended into
lunacy with the efforts on such things as salt flats, Egyptian birds, mummies, mirages, and other rather esoteric matters. At least, this prevented him from being
tempted by other attractions of Egypt like the many belly dancers and their
twill who would probably have wanted quite a bit of
money from the future Emperor of France. His interests were
shrunk by all the demands his scientists and soldiers put on him. These belly dancers might have been a put a
wicked clamp on his and his men's finances.