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☆ 9 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
  + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Astronomers, mathematicians, and naturalists spent three years studying the country. Napoleon's invasion failed, but it led to some groundbreaking scientific work. Related VideoWhen Napoleon invaded Egypt in July 1798, he brought more than just tens of thousands of soldiers. The scientists' tasks were made more difficult because the ship carrying much of their surveying and scientific equipment had sunk . Then, after a series of defeats in Egypt, Napoleon returned to France in 1799 and left many of the scientists stranded.
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☆ A 17th-century mansion that once housed JP Morgan and Napoleon Bonaparte's brothers is on sale for $93 million. Take a look inside.
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
It's being sold by Mike Jatania, a multimillionaire cosmetics tycoon who made about $200 million when he sold Lornamead a decade ago. Mel Yates PhotographySource: Bloomberg"In central London, the likes of Ken Griffin and other hedge fund managers have bought properties, so I'm sure the Americans will look at it," Jatania told Bloomberg. "There's also been a lot of wealth created in the Middle East recently, and we know families there have a tradition of owning London homes."
☆ Russia is expected to launch a new Ukraine offensive, but it faces a familiar obstacle: Mud
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUkraine and many Western analysts believe Russia is on the precipice of launching a new, large-scale offensive but it's likely to encounter a familiar obstacle: mud. Ukrainian servicemen push a car stuck in mud on a field road on the frontline in Donetsk region, on December 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUkraine has urgent, pressing problems to contend with before the mud arrives with its forces observing Russian forces slowly but surely approaching and encircling the Donetsk city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian tankers near an undisclosed front line position in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 28, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yevhen Titov | Afp | Getty Images
☆ ‘I have Prussians in my attic’: Surprise revelation leads to rare Battle of Waterloo discovery
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Aina J. Khan | Aina Is A Freelance Reporter With Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
When the elderly man approached after Bernard Wilkin had given a speech on battlefield bones, it's safe to say that Wilkin was not expecting the man's opening gambit. “You should know that I have Prussians in my attic,” the man told him, recalled Wilkin, an author and researcher, in an interview Thursday with NBC News. The skull of a Prussian soldier who fought at the Battle of Waterloo. Estimates vary on how many died at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, but the number runs into the thousands. Only two complete human skeletons have ever been formally excavated from the Waterloo battlefield, according to the British charity Waterloo Uncovered.
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