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

Napoleon was a brilliant general. However, even the most brilliant leaders risk failure and destruction if they fail to keep their enormous egos in check. Here's how Napoleon's war in Egypt collapsed.

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 ...

A drawing by Dominique Vivant, later Baron Denon, who accompanied Napoleon on the Egyptian campaign, of French scholars measuring the Sphinx.Credit...James Smith Noel Collection/Louisiana State ...

“One was of a man sitting on a horse staring at the Sphinx, and it was Napoleon. So I thought I had to have that because no one has done the Egyptian campaign. And the truth [is] they took it ...

It revolted him. Napoleon began his Egyptian campaign in 1798. The cultural legacy of the campaign can be seen in the well-stocked Egyptology section of the Louvre. But it was also the scene of ...

Parade for the feast of Mawlid, August 20, 1798, watched by Napoleon Bonaparte. Engraving by Goupil, after Colin, for the Egyptian campaign (1798-1801). BRIDGEMAN IMAGES An Egyptian historian ...

Napoleon himself recognizes their courage. The Mamelukes charge the cannons with their sabers and their horses… with arms from the Middle Ages. It was a meeting between the Europe of the future and ...

Napoleon began his Egyptian campaign in 1798. The cultural legacy of the campaign can be seen in the well-stocked Egyptology section of the Louvre. But it was also the scene of atrocities.