Napoleon Bonaparte is well-known for his military victories, his habit of placing one hand in his jacket and his love for his wife, Josephine.

Bet you didn't know that his 1798 invasion of Egypt helped kick off "Egyptomania" across Europe and fostered the modern study of archaeology.

Along with his armies, Napoleon brought a crew of 150 people to document ancient Egypt's treasures, and along the way they dug up the Rosetta stone. Now on display at the British Museum in London, the famed slab helped cracked the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics by including Greek translations.

That's all documented in the latest exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, "Napoleon in Egypt."

"This exhibition will really show how Napoleon's expedition got archaeology started," co-curator , aka Mr. Mummy, said in a telephone interview from his home in the Bronx.

Napoleon's exploits in Egypt subject of new exhibition, Macon Telegraph, Georgia, USA, January 13, 2006.