How Napoleon Invented Egyptology

The National Arts Club presents this lecture by W. Benson Harer Jr., renowned lecturer in the field of Egyptology. Dr. Harer who discusses Description de l'Égypte. In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte sought to conquer Egypt, turning the nation into a French colony. To exploit the situation fully, he took a cadre of scholars and scientists numbering more than 150 to study every aspect of the country, both ancient and modern. His military campaign failed, but his savants published their findings in the massive, multi-volume Description de l'Égypte.
In collaboration with the American Research Center in Egypt’s Washington Headquarters and New York Society.
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