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☆ Napoleon stranded a bunch of scientists in Egypt and now we have modern archaeology
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Napoleon Bonaparte brought engineers, architects, and scientists when he invaded Egypt. In three stages, these "savants" meticulously illustrated the ruins of ancient Egypt. But one of his lesser-known offenses — abandoning a crew of scholars and scientists in Egypt — led to the unexpected byproduct of formal archaeology as we know it today. AdvertisementIt divided Egypt into ancient and modern times, and launched the modern vision of ancient Egypt as we know it today. The structures, symbols, and images of ancient Egypt became fashionable features of European art and architecture.
Persons: Napoleon Bonaparte, —, Egypt —, Ridley Scott, Napoleon, Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Nina Burleigh, Dominique, Vivant, Denon, savants, Napoleon's savants, Burleigh Organizations: Service, Scientific, Art Media, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism Locations: Egypt, France, Upper Egypt, Kings, Luxor, Karnak, Thebes, Edfu, Upper, Lower Egypt, Egyptian, Europe
☆ 7 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
  + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Then, after a series of defeats in Egypt, Napoleon returned to France in 1799 and left many of the scientists stranded. At the time of Napoleon's invasion, travelers had long known of Alexandria, Cairo, and other parts of Lower Egypt. Just 21 and a botanist by training when he arrived in Egypt, Savigny collected invertebrates like worms, bees, spiders, snails, and flies. The Rosetta Stone helped Champollion discover how to decipher hieroglyphsFor centuries, no one could read hieroglyphs, the pictorial writing that covered many Egyptian monuments. When the French found the Rosetta Stone during their invasion, they knew it could serve as a kind of translation key.
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☆ Consumer Reports: Best Wireless Multiroom Speakers of 2022
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Allen St. John | Consumer Reports | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +11 min
You can buy a wireless multiroom speaker system with great performance and unprecedented flexibility for surprisingly little money. Our top-rated multiroom speakers offer not only solid sound but also impressive flexibility. The following are some of the top multiroom speakers in CR’s ratings. The Studio can be integrated into a multiroom system with other Amazon Echo speakers. The Sonos One can also integrate with the company’s wireless models, adding smart speaker functionality to an existing Sonos system.
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