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Events on Wednesday 22 August 1798 2
1798Institut d'Égypte foundedNapoleon sets up a scholarly institute in CairoNapoleon founded the Institut d'Égypte in Cairo, bringing together the scientists and scholars who came with the expedition. Its work led to the multi-volume Description de l'Égypte and helped found modern Egyptology.
1798Institut d'Égypte foundedNapoleon sets up a scholarly institute in CairoNapoleon founded the Institut d'Égypte in Cairo, bringing together the scientists and scholars who came with the expedition. Its work led to the multi-volume Description de l'Égypte and helped found modern Egyptology.