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In pictures‘Le Cap’. Km. 38. Ship going down the canal.The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.
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In picturesKantara. Km. 44. View of the passing station.The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.
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In picturesKantara. Km. 44. Passing station and landing stages.The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.
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In picturesLake Ballah. Km. 54. View of the passing station.The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.
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In picturesNapoleon as "Little Corporal"This is a replica of Seurre's monumental statue commissioned in 1831 by the Ministry of the Interior and set atop the Vendome column (it is today in the Hôtel des Invalides army museum). The present statue was cast in the interwar years of the 20th century as the crowning piece of a monument to Napoleon […]
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In picturesNapoleon and his brothersThe statue of Napoleon on horseback as a Roman emperor is the work of Barye whilst the standing statues of his brothers were done by the sculptors Thomas, Maillet and Petit. The general design is that of Viollet-le-Duc.For more information, visit the itinerary Napoleon and Corsica.
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In picturesGraffiti in the third chamber of the Temple of Isis in PhilaeThe commission’s inscription and the calculations made by the astronomers Nouet and Méchain:"R.F. / AN 7 / BALZAC . COQUEBERT . CORABOEUF / COSTAZ . COUTELLE . LACIPIERE / RIPAULT . LEPERE . MECHAIN . NOUET / LENOIR . NECTOUX . S.GENIS VINCENT / DUTERTRE . SAVIGNY / LONGITUDE DEPUIS PARIS 30°16’22”/ LATITUDE BOREALE 21°3’15”." […]
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In picturesGraffiti at the entrance to the Temple to Isis at PhilaeOn the right hand wall of the entrance hall to the Temple to Isis was engraved the most significant inscription of all those made by the Commission des Sciences et des Arts : "L’AN 6 DE LA REPUBLIQUE / LE 13 MESSIDOR / UNE ARMEE FRANCAISE COMMANDEE / PAR BONAPARTE EST DESCENDUE / A ALEXANDRIE. […]
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In picturesEl Ferdane. Km. 65. A French liner in the passing station.The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.
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In picturesEl Ferdane. Km. 66. Vessels at the passing station.The Suez canal was built during the the years 1859 to 1869.Hippolyte Arnoux's photographic archive is held by the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez at the Archives nationales.