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In 1801 the army of Napoleon invaded Egypt. The result was to significantly change the way scholars and scientists viewed the world and give rise to the study of Egyptology. It was on this expedition that the Rosetta Stone, which turned out to be the key to decoding hieroglyphics, was discovered.
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