The storied trove of Napoleonic materials owned by Pierre-Jean Chalençon will be offered by Sotheby’s Paris on June 24 in an ...

Napoleon is sitting on the school steps drawing when Deb sits down behind him, watching him quietly. Deb breaks the silence by asking him what he’s drawing, to which Napoleon responds, "A liger." ...

Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to use Egypt's history for France's benefit. He sent savants to record its temples and ruins but ultimately stranded them. ... Denon's drawing of the Edfu Temple.

When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, he brought along an 'army' of scholars, whose studies of this ancient culture became the foundation of Egyptology. Jean-Léon Gérôme’s painting ...

In 2007, a gold-encrusted sword that Napoleon wore into the Battle of Marengo sold for $6.5 million, a record price for a weapon sold at auction. This story was originally published on May 1.

Napoleon's agonising final days before he 'breathed his last sigh' in British captivity revealed in unseen witness account. By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY EDITOR. Published: 05:59 EDT, 28 April 2025 ...

Napoleon's architects and engineers made careful drawings and took measurements of a large number of monuments. Others attempted to measure the pyramids. ( Napoleon never shot them with cannons ...

And while Napoleon didn’t literally hurl projectiles at the pyramids, his invasion of Egypt had a profound effect on Egyptian cultural heritage and how the world understands it today.

At times, Scott and Scarpa draw too obvious of a line between Napoleon’s military career and the state of his relationship with Josephine. For the most part, though, ...

I am not going to honor Donald Trump by drawing a direct line between him and France’s “Little Corporal.” Napoleon, after all, was brave. A war hero. And a brilliant tactician.

GRASS LAKE – A second-half goal put Grass Lake in the lead, and moments later Napoleon tied it in what finished a 1-1 draw in a Cascades Conference girls soccer game on Wednesday.