拿破仑没能用武力征服埃及,可是他的科学家却用埃及学征服了全世界。1798年的埃及,“天方夜谭”式的城市中熙熙攘攘的各色人种拥挤在狭窄的街道上,尖塔林立的清真寺中巨大的礼拜堂金色圆顶在夕阳下闪闪发光,拿破仑的远征大军艰难地行进在被太阳烤焦的土地 Napoleon failed to conquer Egypt by force, but his scientists conquered the world with Egyptian studies. In 1798 Egypt, the bustling crowds of people in the “Arabian Nights” crowded crowded barrios in narrow streets, huge chapels golden domes glittering in the sunset, Napoleon’s expeditionary army hard Go on the land burnt by the sun