[Tax-chick]

Can you give me one way ancient Egypt is relevant to modern life, except for "Stargate" fans?

(My Patrick almost revealed his Goa'uld identity the other day, but he stopped at the last second and banged on the wall with a spatula.)

[AnAmericanMother]

Ancient Egypt was the foundation of the Hellenistic civilization. That was one of the basic building blocks of modern culture. It's not relevant the "current events" at this moment, but it underpins most of what you read.

And of course all modern linguistic analysis began with J.F. Champollion and the Rosetta Stone. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

(I'm rather like Epimetheus in The Water Babies; I'm always looking backward. Kingsley thought Epimetheus was more important than Prometheus, and I do too.)

[LexBaird]

Can you give me one way ancient Egypt is relevant to modern life, except for "Stargate" fans?

Geometry. Start with a water level, a 3-4-5 triangle and a plumb bob. Build an object that will be essentially intact 5000 years later.