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In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of 30, 000 soldiers into Egypt. But along with this show of military might, Napoleon also brought along an intellectual corps: 151 of Europe's greatest scientists, mathematicians, engineers and artists. More than half of the group would not make it back home, felled by the ravages of war or disease. But those who survived made remarkable discoveries and re-introduced the world to one of history's greatest cultures. In Mirage, Nina Burleigh brings to life Egypt's first archeological expedition. Braving hunger, hardship and disease, Napoleon's “savants" discovered the Rosetta Stone, which decoded the hieroglyphics of Ancient Egypt, explored the Great Pyramids, and ultimately produced The Description of Egypt, an ambitious encyclopedia that would influence scientists and historians throughout the 19th Century. Nina Burleigh is a critically acclaimed writer whose books include The Stranger and the Statesman and A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Mary Meyer. A noted journalist, her articles have appeared in TIME, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, the New York Observer, Salon, Elle, Mirabella, Redbook, Jane, Spy, Regardie's, Chicago Tribune, George and many other publications. She currently lives in Paris and New York with her husband Erik Freeland, a photographer, and their son Felix. “A fascinating read about an extraordinary time and place in world history." — San Francisco Chronicle | Mirage by Nina Burleigh Paperback | Indigo Chapters.

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In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of 30, 000 soldiers into Egypt. But along with this show of military might, Napoleon also brought along an intellectual corps: 151 of Europe’s greatest scientists, mathematicians, engineers and artists. More than half of the group would not make it back home, felled by the ravages of war or disease. But those who survived made remarkable discoveries and re-introduced the world to one of history’s greatest cultures. In Mirage, Nina Burleigh brings to life Egypt’s first archeological expedition. Braving hunger, hardship and disease, Napoleon’s “savants" discovered the Rosetta Stone, which decoded the hieroglyphics of Ancient Egypt, explored the Great Pyramids, and ultimately produced The Description of Egypt, an ambitious encyclopedia that would influence scientists and historians throughout the 19th Century. Nina Burleigh is a critically acclaimed writer whose books include The Stranger and the Statesman and A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Mary Meyer. A noted journalist, her articles have appeared in TIME, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, the New York Observer, Salon, Elle, Mirabella, Redbook, Jane, Spy, Regardie’s, Chicago Tribune, George and many other publications. She currently lives in Paris and New York with her husband Erik Freeland, a photographer, and their son Felix. “A fascinating read about an extraordinary time and place in world history." — San Francisco Chronicle | Mirage by Nina Burleigh Paperback | Indigo Chapters.

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History, Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientistseven a poet and a musicologisttraveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's "savants" risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. The first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims in the modern era, the audacious expedition was both a triumph and a disaster, resulting in finds of immense historical and scientific importance (including the ruins of the colossal pyramids and the Rosetta Stone) and in countless tragic deaths through plague, privation, madness, or violence. Acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh brings readers back to the landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a curious continent.

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Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt, where reports of mysterious monuments, inscrutable hieroglyphics, rare silks and spices, and rumors of lost magical knowledge tantalized dreamers and taunted the power-hungry. It was not until 1798, when an unlikely band of scientific explorers traveled from Paris to the Nile Valley, that Westerners received their first real glimpse of what lay beyond the Mediterranean Sea. Under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army, a small and little-known corps of Paris's brightest intellectual lights left the safety of their laboratories, studios, and classrooms to embark on a thirty-day crossing into the unknown—some never to see French shores again. Over 150 astronomers, mathematicians, naturalists, physicists, doctors, chemists, engineers, botanists, artists—even a poet and a musicologist—accompanied Napoleon's troops into Egypt. Carrying pencils instead of swords, specimen jars instead of field guns, these highly accomplished men participated in the first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims of the modern era. And many lived to tell the tale. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's scientists risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. They approached the land not as colonizers, but as experts in their fields of scholarship, meticulously categorizing and collecting their finds—from the ruins of the colossal pyramids to the smallest insects to the legendary Rosetta Stone. Those who survived the three-year expedition compiled an exhaustive encyclopedia of Egypt, twenty-three volumes in length, which secured their place in history as the world's earliest-known archaeologists. Unraveling the mysteries that had befuddled Europeans for centuries, Napoleon's scientists were the first to document the astonishing accomplishments of a lost civilization—before the dark shadow of empire-building took Africa and the Middle East by storm. Internationally acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh brings readers back to a little-known landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era—one that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a very curious continent. , Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1St Edition, Label: Harper, Harper, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2007-11-27, Freigegeben: 2007-11-27, Studio: Harper, Verkaufsrang: 339161.

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Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt, where reports of mysterious monuments, inscrutable hieroglyphics, rare silks and spices, and rumors of lost magical knowledge tantalized dreamers and taunted the power-hungry. It was not until 1798, when an unlikely band of scientific explorers traveled from Paris to the Nile Valley, that Westerners received their first real glimpse of what lay beyond the Mediterranean Sea. Under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army, a small and little-known corps of Paris's brightest intellectual lights left the safety of their laboratories, studios, and classrooms to embark on a thirty-day crossing into the unknown—some never to see French shores again. Over 150 astronomers, mathematicians, naturalists, physicists, doctors, chemists, engineers, botanists, artists—even a poet and a musicologist—accompanied Napoleon's troops into Egypt. Carrying pencils instead of swords, specimen jars instead of field guns, these highly accomplished men participated in the first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims of the modern era. And many lived to tell the tale. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's scientists risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. They approached the land not as colonizers, but as experts in their fields of scholarship, meticulously categorizing and collecting their finds—from the ruins of the colossal pyramids to the smallest insects to the legendary Rosetta Stone. Those who survived the three-year expedition compiled an exhaustive encyclopedia of Egypt, twenty-three volumes in length, which secured their place in history as the world's earliest-known archaeologists. Unraveling the mysteries that had befuddled Europeans for centuries, Napoleon's scientists were the first to document the astonishing accomplishments of a lost civilization—before the dark shadow of empire-building took Africa and the Middle East by storm. Internationally acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh brings readers back to a little-known landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era—one that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a very curious continent. , Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1St Edition, Label: Harper, Harper, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2007-11-27, Freigegeben: 2007-11-27, Studio: Harper, Verkaufsrang: 339161.

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Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt, where reports of mysterious monuments, inscrutable hieroglyphics, rare silks and spices, and rumors of lost magical knowledge tantalized dreamers and taunted the power-hungry. It was not until 1798, when an unlikely band of scientific explorers traveled from Paris to the Nile Valley, that Westerners received their first real glimpse of what lay beyond the Mediterranean Sea. Under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army, a small and little-known corps of Paris's brightest intellectual lights left the safety of their laboratories, studios, and classrooms to embark on a thirty-day crossing into the unknown—some never to see French shores again. Over 150 astronomers, mathematicians, naturalists, physicists, doctors, chemists, engineers, botanists, artists—even a poet and a musicologist—accompanied Napoleon's troops into Egypt. Carrying pencils instead of swords, specimen jars instead of field guns, these highly accomplished men participated in the first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims of the modern era. And many lived to tell the tale. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's scientists risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. They approached the land not as colonizers, but as experts in their fields of scholarship, meticulously categorizing and collecting their finds—from the ruins of the colossal pyramids to the smallest insects to the legendary Rosetta Stone. Those who survived the three-year expedition compiled an exhaustive encyclopedia of Egypt, twenty-three volumes in length, which secured their place in history as the world's earliest-known archaeologists. Unraveling the mysteries that had befuddled Europeans for centuries, Napoleon's scientists were the first to document the astonishing accomplishments of a lost civilization—before the dark shadow of empire-building took Africa and the Middle East by storm. Internationally acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh brings readers back to a little-known landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era—one that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a very curious continent. , Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1St Edition, Label: Harper, Harper, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2007-11-27, Freigegeben: 2007-11-27, Studio: Harper, Verkaufsrang: 339161.

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Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists—even a poet and a musicologist—traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's "savants" risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. The first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims in the modern era, the audacious expedition was both a triumph and a disaster, resulting in finds of immense historical and scientific importance (including the ruins of the colossal pyramids and the Rosetta Stone) and in countless tragic deaths through plague, privation, madness, or violence.Acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh brings readers back to the landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a curious continent., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2008-12-09, Freigegeben: 2008-12-09, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 937095.

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Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists—even a poet and a musicologist—traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's "savants" risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. The first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims in the modern era, the audacious expedition was both a triumph and a disaster, resulting in finds of immense historical and scientific importance (including the ruins of the colossal pyramids and the Rosetta Stone) and in countless tragic deaths through plague, privation, madness, or violence.Acclaimed journalist Nina Burleigh brings readers back to the landmark adventure at the dawn of the modern era that ultimately revealed the deepest secrets of ancient Egypt to a curious continent., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2008-12-09, Freigegeben: 2008-12-09, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 937095.

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The author of "The Stranger and the Statesman" reveals the true story of the birth of Egyptology, witnessed through the experiences of Napoleon and his men who undertook the world's first archaeological dig in Egypt.