Voyages and Expeditions: Scientific Expedition to Egypt

A felucca, the traditional sailing vessel of the Nile, leaving the rock tombs at Silsilis, just south of Edfu, in Upper Egypt. From the Description de l'Egypte Antiquites, 1809-1828.

LHL Digital Collection: Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt

Two French engineers explore Medinut Habu, which is across the Nile from Thebes, near the Valley of the Kings. From the Description de l'Egypte Antiquites, 1809-1828.

LHL Digital Collection: Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt

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