[Gefreiter]

Yeah, I'm not sure of this person's point. When I finished reading, I was left asking, "So what?"

The Muslim society in Egypt cared not at all for the history of the region. Monuments s were destroyed, used as quarries to build other structures; tombs were looted once discovered; mummies used for kindling.

The idea that one Arab man from a thousand years ago devoted alot of time and energy to Pharaonic study accounts for nearly nothing. The Arab world, and the rest of the world either for that matter, had no idea of the larger implications and history associated with pre-Arab civilization in Egypt until scholars in Napoleon's van started their work.

[Publius6961]

The Muslim society in Egypt cared not at all for the history of the region. Monuments s were destroyed, used as quarries to build other structures; tombs were looted once discovered; mummies used for kindling.

Don't forget the Elgin marbles, an ancient non-muslim treasure which was purchased while it was being ground to powder to produce cement... by muslims. They sure had an eye for classical art and science, all right.