Mirage : Napoleon's scientists and the unveiling of Egypt /
Two centuries ago, only the most reckless Europeans dared traverse the Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of myth and speculation--and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt. It was not until 1798, when an unlikely band of scientific explorers traveled from Paris to the Nil...
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Call Number: DT103 .B87 2008