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Gassy.
Khaki.
Banana.
Potent.


Hoist.
Price.
Mascot.
Clinch.

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The soldiers on Napoleon's Egyptian expedition were not just gassy non-khaki mascots who paid a price on Bonaparte's banana Republic like dreams. The finding of the Rosetta Stone by some soldiers digging a fort did not hoist fame and fortune on these men but provided a potent example of how discoveries can rewrite history. It clinched insights into ancient Egyptian culture after it was deciphered. British Museum - The Rosetta Stone Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library

The stone was discovered in July 1799, one year after the French had arrived in Egypt. Captain François-Xavier Bouchard, an engineer and officer in Napoleon’s Egyptian army, was in charge of the demolition of an ancient wall in the city of Rosetta on a branch of the Nile, a few miles from the sea. The Rosetta Stone was built into the wall, but Bouchard recognized that the stone might make it possible to decipher hieroglyphics. So he saved it, and the stone was taken to the scientists in Cairo in mid-August 1799.

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Tuesday Word Jumble answers:

Relic.
Bogus.
Closet.
Adjust.

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Tuesday Word Jumble answers:

Relic.
Bogus.
Closet.
Adjust.

Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library

The scientists adjusted rather well taking over some of the palaces in Cairo while they examined various relics from Egyptian's ancient history. No closets for these men, they had taken over some of the most beautiful residences--like that of Hasân Kâchef -- in Cairo. There were many Egyptians though who held contempt for these scientists and their ways and felt that their concern for the Egyptian way of life was bogus. http://www.touregypt.net/hfrench.htm

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Civil.
Dragon.
Visor.
Relent.

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Civil.
Dragon.
Visor.
Relent.

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Some of the rumors surrounding Napoleon's rule in Egypt would have made him out to be quite an uncivil dragon towards some of the people of Egypt. The story that he had played a part in the drowning of 400 prostitutes in the Nile around 1799 circulated at that time even though it probably was not true. Some historians have relented from this position. Since drowning by putting someone in a sack is called the Turkish method of dealing with people who violated their laws, it was probably the Turks who did this terrible deed. They had a religious visor on that often blinded them to the more compassionate components of various religions including their own.

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Chord.
Affirm.
Toward.
Stood.

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Chord.
Affirm.
Toward.
Stood.

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?

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Friday Word Jumble answers:

Holly.
Omega.
Season.
Adrift.

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Friday Word Jumble answers:

Holly.
Omega.
Season.
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Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library

One of Napoleon's leading scientists, Gaspard Monge http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tm...ard_Monge.html , became obsessed with mirages in the desert which set him a bit adrift from his duties as he spent seasons trying to write a seminal article on the causes of this natural phenomenon.

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Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library

One of Napoleon's leading scientists, Gaspard Monge Gaspard Monge , became obsessed with mirages in the desert which set him a bit adrift from his duties as he spent seasons trying to write a seminal article on the causes of this natural phenomenon.

If he had seen a holly tree in one of these mirages, that probably would have been his last entry in his notebooks as these only grow in Southern Africa, Europe, North America and other temperate and sub-tropical areas.

Napoleon Bonaparte's scientists were busy cataloging the flora and fauna of Egypt during his expedition and probably would have covered these from the alpha to the omega.

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If he had seen a holly tree in one of these mirages, that probably would have been his last entry in his notebooks as these only grow in Southern Africa, Europe, North America and other temperate and sub-tropical areas.

Napoleon Bonaparte's scientists were busy cataloging the flora and fauna of Egypt during his expedition and probably would have covered these from the alpha to the omega.

Suddenly, Gaspard decided to try something different. He set himself adrift in the atlantic ocean so he could catalog marine life. He actually spent several seasons at this noble task. For sure there were no holly trees to be seen but he did find some cold-water fish that were rich in Omega-3.

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Suddenly, Gaspard decided to try something different. He set himself adrift in the atlantic ocean so he could catalog marine life. He actually spent several seasons at this noble task. For sure there were no holly trees to be seen but he did find some cold-water fish that were rich in Omega-3.

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Saturday Word Jumble answers:

Pupil.
Above.
Auburn.
Unlock.

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Berth.
Humid.
Metric.
Poncho.

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Berth.
Humid.
Metric.
Poncho.

Plague and the Syrian Campaign

The French army was not the first to invade Jaffa, but it was particularly brutal to its inhabitants. Although the French took control of the city within a few hours after the attack began, the soldiers' aggression became wildly out of control. They bayoneted approximately 2,000 Turkish soldiers who were trying to surrender. The soldiers' ferocity then turned to the inhabitants of the town. Men, women, and children were robbed and murdered with wild abandon. The insanity continued for three days, ending when Napoleon ordered that 3,000 Turkish troops be executed, those who had surrendered believing they would be held as prisoners of war, be executed (Herold 1962).

During the grievous action in Jaffa, the first French soldiers became delirious with severe fevers and headaches. After a few days, hundreds of soldiers had swellings under their arms. Plague had come to Jaffa.

http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notic...stricken-jaffa

A painting (linked above) with a berth in the Louvre portrays Bonaparte touching the sores of a plague sufferer to the terror of the physician. Jaffa was not a humid city nor probably one yet on the Metric system. Napoleon would carry the Metric System along with him as he made conquests. Humidity unlike the Metric System is not like a poncho that can be taken on and off at will . http://www.photometrictesting.co.uk/...ric_system.php