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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Napoleon in Egypt: The Savants

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2010

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When Napoleon planned a secret mission to Egypt, he authorized three men to create a Commission of Sciences and Arts. However, the commission's 151 members soon learned the mission wasn't what they'd expected. Tune in and learn more in this podcast.

Transcript

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Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HouseofWorks.com.

0:42.7

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Katie Lambert, and I'm Sarah Dowdy.

0:46.7

And I've been sending Katie pictures for the Egypt all week.

0:50.7

I've sent her a picture of an I-Bus, an ancient temple, a mongoose,

0:54.7

and at one point I even got distracted and drew a laser I-Bus in Microsoft Paint.

1:01.7

That was a highlight of my week in Outlook.

1:04.7

But usually distraction during podcast research is not a good thing.

1:08.7

In this case, I'm going to cite the spirit of Napoleon Savance,

1:12.7

who themselves were kings of embracing distraction.

1:15.7

And we've already given you some background on Napoleon's expedition to Egypt,

1:19.7

the Battle of the Pyramids, the devastating defeat at the Battle of ObuCare Bay.

1:23.7

Things get worse for France as the army has to face a triple threat.

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