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  2. Battle of the Pyramids - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French Invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Embabeh, across the Nile River from Cairo , but was named by Napoleon after the Great Pyramid of Giza visible nearly nine miles away.

  3. Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798 (study) - Wikipedia

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    The victory caused elation in France, compounding the interest in Egypt (often referred to as first wave of "Egyptomania" [1]) that Napoleon's campaign in Egypt had already generated. [2] [1] This interest was in turn reflected in the art of turn of the century France, producing a number of works of art centered around Napoleon's military triumphs.

  4. The Battle of the Pyramids (painting) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Pyramids (French: La Bataille des Pyramides) is an 1810 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. [1] [2] It depicts the Battle of the Pyramids on 21 July 1798 during the French Invasion of Egypt. It is one of numerous paintings by Gros featuring Napoleon. [3] The Egyptian pyramids are clearly visible in the ...

  5. Did Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' flunk History 101? Despite wave ...

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    "Napoleon didn't shoot for the pyramids, and the battle of the pyramids, so-called, was not fought at the base of the pyramids," he says. In fact, the attack in Egypt happened miles away from the ...

  6. 9 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's ...

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    Others attempted to measure the pyramids. (Napoleon never shot them with cannons, in case you were wondering.) 3. Jules-César Savigny created a new way to classify insects.

  7. Ridley Scott tells history buffs criticising Napoleon to ‘get ...

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    He also pointed out that “Napoleon didn’t shoot at the pyramids” at the Battle of the Pyramids, and that, despite what’s shown in the teaser clip, Marie-Antoinette “famously had very ...

  8. French invasion of Egypt and Syria - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon at the Pyramids in 1798, by Antoine-Jean Gros. On the day of the festival, Bonaparte addressed his troops, enumerating their exploits since the 1793 siege of Toulon and telling them: >From the English, famous for arts and commerce, to the hideous and fierce Bedouin, you have caught the gaze of the world. Soldiers, your destiny is fair...

  9. Historian dismisses Gladiator II as ‘total Hollywood bulls***’

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    He also pointed out that “Napoleon didn’t shoot at the pyramids” at the Battle of the Pyramids, and that, despite what’s shown in the teaser clip, Marie-Antoinette “famously had very ...