In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte seemed unstoppable after conquering Egypt—until Admiral Horatio Nelson struck. The Battle of the ...
In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte led one of the most ambitious military campaigns in history — the invasion of Egypt. What began as a swift conquest of Alexandria soon turned into a brutal desert nightmare ...
His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...
A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...
Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of ...
A mass grave holding soldiers from Napoleon Bonaparte's French army reveals some of the diseases that killed the Grande Armée ...
However, recent microbial analysis conducted on the remains of Grand Army soldiers indicates at least two other pathogens ...
The retreat from Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Grande Armée in 1812 was a cataclysmic event that marked the ...
The historic gem is among a catalogue of spectacular pieces included in Sotheby's annual Royal and Noble Jewels sale ...
Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...
A 2006 study involving DNA from 35 other soldiers from the same cemetery detected the pathogens behind typhus and trench ...