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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 September 2015
    02 April 2015
    ISBN:
    9781316106006
    9781108080217
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316106006
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.56kg, 440 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology, Egyptology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology, Egyptology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
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    Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt in 1798 famously included various scientists and savants, among whom was the author of this three-volume work, published in French in 1802 and in English in 1803. Vivant Denon (1747–1825) was a diplomat under the Ancien Régime, but survived the Revolution thanks to the patronage of the painter David, and met Napoleon through the salon of Josephine de Beauharnais. He accompanied the army, excavating and sketching, sometimes even during battles. The publication of this lively, illustrated account is regarded as the chief stimulus for the so-called 'Egyptian Revival' style of architecture, interior design and even costume. Volume 2 finds Denon travelling down the Nile into Upper Egypt, and fretting because General Desaix, his mind focused on an approaching battle, would not give him an escort to visit Abydos. This disappointment was compensated for when the army arrived at the marvellous ruins of Thebes.

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