Lumpkin, Beatrice (1 January 1997). Geometry Activities from Many Cultures. Walch Publishing. p. 17. ISBN978-0-8251-3285-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpr_rBdY9PwC&pg=PA17. "Napoleon's Expedition brought this picture to Europe in their report, Description de L'Egypte. Notice the startling resemblance to the Cantor set diagram. ... Did George Cantor see pictures of the Egyptian columns before he conceived the set...? We don't known, but it is a possibility, because Cantor's cousin was a student of Egyptology."
