Scientists have discovered a new inscription on the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk in Paris' Place de ... which is topped by a gold-leafed pyramid cap added by the French in the 1990s, a new ...

This elegant temple rests along the Nile in the heart of the modern town of Luxor (site of ancient Thebes ... pair of pink granite obelisks. Only one obelisk remains; the French removed the ...

Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics. From the Battle of the Pyramids to the ...

Egyptian Ambassador in Paris Alaa Youssef, accompanied by French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak participated in placing a gold-leafed pyramid cap to the top of the Luxor obelisk in the Place de la ...

Oli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Martin Scorsese isn ...

Napoleon’s Egyptian venture was militarily disastrous. But the “savants” he sent along with his soldiers helped lay the foundation of modern Egyptology. Part of the Napoleonic booty was the Luxor ...

When Napoleon invaded ... Nile for millennia. The battle between the French army and local Mamluk troops, on July 21, 1798, took place in Imbabah, farther from the pyramids than this 19th-century ...

"Napoleon didn't shoot at the pyramids, and the battle of the pyramids, so-called, was not fought at the base of the pyramids," said Snow. "But, you know, it looks good!" he said. Joan Tumblety ...

Show more Napoleon sails for the Middle East. After the Battle of the Pyramids, a scientific mission makes remarkable findings, introducing the Western world to the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.