Murad Bey, Mameluke Leader
Portrait of Murad Bey. Although his forces were scattered by Napoleon at the Battle of the Pyramids, Murad Bey, shown seated at an open window overlooking a tributary of the Nile, regrouped his fighters and remained an intractable enemy of the French. It was while pursuing Murad Bey into Upper Egypt that the French discovered the monuments at Dendera, Thebes, Edfu, and Philae. Image source: Napoleon I, (Edme-François) Jomard, and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier. Description de l’Egypte: ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l’expédition de l’armee Française. État moderne planches, vol. 2, A Paris: De L’Imprimerie impériale, 1809-1828, pl. G.
00. Introduction
01. The Napoleonic Invasion of Egypt
02. Napoleon, Scientist
03. The Institute of Egypt
04. The Search for the Ancient Suez Canal
05. Mirages in the Desert
06. The Ichneumon and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
07. Berthollet and the Soda Lakes
08. Savigny and the Sacred Ibis
09. Minerals of Egypt
10. Denon Discovers Ancient Egypt
11. Engineering Archaeologists
12. Conté's Engraving Machine
13. Mapping Egypt
14. The Zodiac of Dendera
15. The Rosetta Stone
16. Interactive Map