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Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone
- French engineers uncovered a black granite slab inscribed in three scripts while digging near the Nile delta.
- That slab, the Rosetta Stone, later unlocked ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for scholars.
Campaign Framed As Science And Prestige
- Napoleon framed the Egyptian expedition as scientific and cultural as well as military to justify it to France.
- He brought a team of specialists to legitimize conquest as national prestige and intellectual gain.
Battle Of The Pyramids Speech
- At the Battle of the Pyramids Napoleon rallied troops with the line "forty centuries are looking down upon you."
- The modern French artillery then decimated the Mameluk cavalry in a one-sided hour-long fight.