graffiti tells us about the sixth year of the French Republic when the French army led by Bonaparte arrived in Alexandria and then after twenty day defeated the Mamluks in the famose battle Ahram and then tell us about Gen. Desics commander of the first division in the army of Bonaparte who chased the Mamelukes even beyond the first cataract in Aswan and until he reached philae and left this graffiti
it is written on 3 March 1799 and is the seventh year of the French Republic the text show us the name of the French sculptor who engraved on the walls of the temple and named Kastics
L’AN VI DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, LE 13 MESSIDOR
UNE ARMÉE FRANÇAISE
COMMANDÉE PAR BONAPARTE
ET DESCENDUE A ALEXANDRIE
L’ARMÉE AYANT MIS, VINGT JOURS APRÈS,
LES MAMELOUCKS EN FUITE AUX PYRAMIDES,
DESAIX, COMMANDANT LE PREMIÈRE DIVISION
LES A POURSUIVIS AU DELA DES CATARACTES
OU IL ARRIVÉ
LE 13 VENTOSE DE L’AN VII
LES GÉNÉRAUX DE BRIGADE
DAVOUST, FRIANT ET BELLIARD,
DONZELOT, CHEF DE L’ÉTAT – MAJOR ;
LATOURNERIE , COMMANDANT L’ARTILLERIE ;
EPPLER CHEF DE LA 21e BRIGADE,
LE 13 VENTOSE AND VII DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE
3 MARS AN DE J.– C. 1799.
GRAVÉ PAR CASTEIX SCULPTEUR
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