Commission des Sciences et des Arts

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French scholarly commission learned society scientific expedition

The Commission des Sciences et des Arts was a group of scholars, scientists, and artists assembled by Napoleon to study, document, and report on the culture, history, and natural environment of Egypt during his military campaign there.

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instanceOf French scholarly commission ⓘ
learned society ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ
basedOn Enlightenment ideals of science and progress ⓘ
commissionedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dissolved early 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork Egyptology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
artistic documentation ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
hasMainGoal collect scientific data in Egypt ⓘ
document monuments of Egypt ⓘ
study Egyptian culture ⓘ
support French military operations with technical expertise ⓘ
survey the natural environment of Egypt ⓘ
hasPart antiquarians ⓘ
architects ⓘ
artists ⓘ
draftsmen ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
mathematicians ⓘ
naturalists ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
surveyors ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
inception 1798 ⓘ
influenced European perception of ancient Egypt ⓘ
development of Egyptology in Europe ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
locationOfActivity Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
memberCount about 160 ⓘ
notableMember Claude-Louis Berthollet ⓘ
Gaspard Monge ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier ⓘ
surface form: Jean-Baptiste Fourier

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Fourier

Nicolas-Jacques Conté ⓘ
Vivant Denon ⓘ
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
operatedInTheFrameworkOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
organizedBy French Directory ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
partOf Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ⓘ
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria
product Description de l’Égypte ⓘ

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