Left to themselves, the Egyptians would have destroyed every shred of their fabulous history. Shame on them.
You’re mistaken about that. The Egyptians revere their past.
And they were happy to share artifacts with the Americans who helped them recover their great monuments during the first half of the twentieth century, because they couldn’t do it themselves. So much so that the obelisk that stands outside the museum in New York was an unprompted gift to America from a grateful nation.
Not so many warm feeling toward the French, the British, and the Germans, who didn’t and don’t respect their sovereignty and pretty much helped themselves.
I’ve been to Egypt; greatest trip of my life.
You’re mistaken about that. The Egyptians revere their past.
And they were happy to share artifacts with the Americans who helped them recover their great monuments during the first half of the twentieth century, because they couldn’t do it themselves. So much so that the obelisk that stands outside the museum in New York was an unprompted gift to America from a grateful nation.
Not so many warm feeling toward the French, the British, and the Germans, who didn’t and don’t respect their sovereignty and pretty much helped themselves.
I’ve been to Egypt; greatest trip of my life.