Voyage Dans La Basse Et La Haute Egypte, Pendant Les Campagnes Du Général Bonaparte; Volume 1

by Vivant Denon

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Genres: History

388 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1803

About the author

Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the modern museum. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte ("Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt", 1802), was the foundation of modern Egyptology.