[Junior]

The Egyptian priests, their Gods and their Kingdom are long gone under the sand. Christianity remains. It's called survival of the fittest, isn't it?

But, like the dinosaurs, the Egyptians had a good run. Their kingdom and religion lasted more than twice as long as Christianity's been around (4500 years vs. 2000 years). For their time, the Egyptians were extremely successful; it would be interesting to see if Christianity will be as successful (I believe it will, as it has already "speciated" into nearly 25,000 competing denominations -- one of them or its descendents is bound to survive the next 2500 years).

[medved]

But, like the dinosaurs, the Egyptians had a good run. Their kingdom and religion lasted more than twice as long as Christianity's been around (4500 years vs. 2000 years)

That turns out to be not the case. Aside from Gunnar Heinsohn's writings, the two books I advise everybody interested in things Egyptian to get hold of are Emmet J. Sweeney's "Pyramid Age" and "Genesis of Israel and Egypt".

It turns out there is no realistic med-basin history going back more than about 3000 years starting from now. The pyramids were built somewhere around 800 - 900 BC.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The Great God Ra, whose shrine once covered acres
Now serves as filler for crossword puzzle makers.

Paraphrase from Keith Preston