[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.

[Junior]

That holds about as much water as your contention Earth orbited Saturn. Evidence pretty much refutes both of your contentions.