To: Cronos
Facts and history matter; so does relevant posting.
You have yet to refute anything I posted. You have attempted to put words in my mouth. You have repeated a prior post, which means NOTHING and is totally off topic to what I said.
The Greeks, from Alexander's army, took over Egypt. They and their descendants had NOTHING to do with the building of the pyramids or the Rosetta Stone. Supposedly, the Kush ruled Egypt at obne time. They and their descendants had NOTHING to do with what we now consider to be " Ancient Egyptian Culture ". The Romans, too, held Egypt in thrall at one time. They and dtheir descendants are the same as those already mentioned. Much of today's Egyptian populace is a mixture of peoples who had NO bearings, whatsoever, on the Rosetta Stone. Then, there are the influx of ARABS.
Yes, dear, history and facts DO matter very much; it's a shame that you don't state any that are relevant.;^)
To: nopardons
They and their descendants had NOTHING to do with the building of the pyramids or the Rosetta Stone. And the descendants of the inhabitants of the city of Bath, in England HAD NOTHING TO DO with building the enormous Ancient Roman Bath house there. What's your point?
To: nopardons
Derived from the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, the Coptic language traces its roots to the pre-Christian era. While it has kept a few hieroglyphic characters, it is written mainly in Greek, thanks to the influence of Alexander the Great, who Hellenized the country in the third century B.C.
http://egyptworld.8k.com/egyptology.html
Egyptology is the study of Ancient Egyptian civilization. It is generally extended to include the language and archaeology of the Copts, the Christian descendents of the ancient Egyptians.
Other Unknowns The Ethiopian church has a long history as well, though parts are rather obscure. Gonzalez makes note of the strong connections with the Egyptian churches. The work of an Egyptian named Frumentius who spearheaded almost a century of missionary work in Ethiopia eventually won over Ethiopians beginning with their king. These churches shared much in common with the Coptic Christians of Egypt. The churches of Egypt were among two groups, as Gonzalez notes. One was grown into the mainstream Greco-Roman culture and the other among the Copts, people of ancient Egyptian heritage.(1, p261,262)
164 posted on
07/23/2003 4:31:00 AM PDT by
Cronos
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