"Napoleon at the Pyramids: Myth versus Fact" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Aug 2017 3:04 p.m. PST |
"Before leading the French army to victory at the Battle of the Pyramids on July 21, 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte rallied his troops by pointing to the distant pyramids and saying, "Soldiers, forty centuries look down upon you." (1) Napoleon's encounter with the pyramids during his Egyptian campaign led to at least three myths about him. Main page
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| 42flanker | 11 Aug 2017 5:29 p.m. PST |
"Soldiers, forty centuries look down upon you." I wonder, had fledgling Egyptologists come up with a date for the Pyramids by then? |
| Nine pound round | 11 Aug 2017 6:16 p.m. PST |
Well, in that day and age, I think they learned in school that God made the world in 4000 BC, so it was probably a rough guess…… |
| Tango01 | 11 Aug 2017 10:28 p.m. PST |
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