自从希腊旅行家希罗多德在大约公元前500年游历埃及之后,外国人就对木乃伊和孕育木乃伊的文明很着迷。公元12世纪,欧洲人崇尚木乃伊是因为他们认为木乃伊有药用价值。直到1798年拿破仑·波拿巴入侵埃及,对这个古老文明的真正理解才开始形成。19世纪,埃及迎来第一批考古学家,他们搜寻皇室墓穴,破译古代碑文。 Since the Greek traveler Herodotus traveled to Egypt about 500 BC, foreigners were fascinated by mummies and the mummification civilization. In the 12th century AD, Europeans admired the mummies because they thought the mummies were of medicinal value. It was not until 1798 that Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt that the real understanding of this ancient civilization began to take shape. The 19th century, Egypt usher in the first group of archaeologists, they search the royal tomb, deciphering the ancient inscriptions.