On a July evening in the summer of 2021, the cool air inside the Dôme church at Les Invalides provided a welcome respite from the lingering Parisian heat. The site was quiet, with few taking advantage of the museum’s extended opening hours, and as I descended into the crypt that has, since 1862, housed Napoleon’s remains, I realized I was the only visitor. In the cavernous silence it was just me, the enormous red porphyry sarcophagus that contains what’s left of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a new addition. Suspended above the tomb was the skeleton of a small horse, its left foreleg raised, as if captured forever in motion.

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Napoléon n'est plus？二百周年的反思

2021 年夏天的一个 7 月晚上，荣军院圆顶教堂内凉爽的空气为巴黎挥之不去的炎热提供了令人欣慰的喘息机会。这个地方很安静，很少有人利用博物馆延长的开放时间，当我走进自 1862 年以来一直存放拿破仑遗体的地下室时，我意识到我是唯一的访客。在洞穴般的寂静中，只有我，巨大的红色斑岩石棺，里面装着拿破仑·波拿巴的遗物，还有一个新的东西。坟墓上方悬挂着一匹小马的骨架，它的左前腿抬起，仿佛永远被捕获在运动中。