Commission des Sciences et des Arts
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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.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French scholarly commission
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learned society → scientific expedition → |
| basedOn |
Enlightenment ideals of science and progress
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| commissionedBy |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| dissolved |
early 19th century
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| fieldOfWork |
Egyptology
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archaeology → architecture → artistic documentation → cartography → engineering → mathematics → natural history → |
| hasMainGoal |
collect scientific data in Egypt
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document monuments of Egypt → study Egyptian culture → support French military operations with technical expertise → survey the natural environment of Egypt → |
| hasPart |
antiquarians
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architects → artists → draftsmen → engineers → mathematicians → naturalists → scholars → scientists → surveyors → |
| historicalPeriod |
late 18th century
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| inception |
1798
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| influenced |
European perception of ancient Egypt
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development of Egyptology in Europe → |
| languageOfWork |
French
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| locationOfActivity |
Cairo
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Egypt → |
| memberCount |
about 160
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| notableMember |
Claude-Louis Berthollet
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Gaspard Monge → Jean-Baptiste Fourier → Joseph Fourier → Nicolas-Jacques Conté → Vivant Denon → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire → |
| operatedInTheFrameworkOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
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| organizedBy |
French Directory
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Napoleon Bonaparte → |
| partOf |
French campaign in Egypt and Syria
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| product |
Description de l’Égypte
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
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included |