Napoleon's attempt to conquer Egypt in 1798 was a mad dream, a fiasco, but it gave rise to a new science: Egyptology. The 3000 illustrations brought back from the expedition were published by order of the Emperor. They constitute invaluable testimony and we have reproduced them in full.
- ISBN10 3822821683
- ISBN13 9783822821688
- Publish Date 27 September 2002 (first published January 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 December 2008
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Taschen GmbH
- Format Hardcover
- Language English