In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte led a French expedition to Egypt. The plan was to ...

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 ...

In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte sailed with a French army to Egypt. The plan was to ...

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. These are men kneeling and standing and firing so ...

Although the Egyptian campaign was a military disaster, Napoleon was able to exploit the French people's fascination with the mysterious country to his advantage. He used the press to keep the ...

Nelson comes face to face with the French fleet of Napoleon in Egypt, for the ultimate naval face off. One of the greatest battles in history will ensue: the Battle of the Nile.

Pursued by Nelson, Napoleon was defeated, and in 1801 the terms of the Treaty of Alexandria, signed by the French, British and Egyptian generals, included the handing over of antiquities - and the ...