Napoleon at the Pyramids

During the great Egyptian campaign in 1798, General Bonaparte, accompanied by scholars and some of the main leaders of the region, decided to go to the crypt of one of the Pyramids of Giza to visit the vault, evoking the tomb of the god Osiris.
The richness of this plate is certainly found in the commentary, which here truly serves as a tool for pedagogical instruction. Distributed by hawkers first in Europe and then worldwide from 1846, the Epinal prints also serve to publicize the customs of the territories crossed during the Napoleonic campaigns.