[Dolores de Barriga]

Re: Hello

That's a common misconception about the whole Egyptian culture. It's been around for thousands of years before the Arabs invaded. Only now, in these modern times is Egypt considered an Arabic nation.

Hello, Evan. Egypt has a long history of being invaded, conquered, and ruled by different people (Nubians, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Europeans, etc, etc). That does not mean abrupt changes in culture, language, nor in the genetic makeup of the people who lived there. Invasions meant changes on the top, but there was much more continuity among the ruled people. Obviously there was plenty of cultural, linguistic, and genetic enrichment, but it is not unlike the cultural, linguistic, and genetic changes of any nation at any time.

Hence, if the Egyptians today could not claim ancient Egyptians as their ancestors, then British people today could not claim anything in England older than A.D. 1066 as theirs, and Spanish people could not claim anything in Spain older than pretty much 1491 (when we finally got rid of the Arab conquerors), etc. That would create a very short, poor, and boring history of nations, don't you think?

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Hello

That's a common misconception about the whole Egyptian culture. It's been around for thousands of years before the Arabs invaded. Only now, in these modern times is Egypt considered an Arabic nation.

They're weak. Why would you want to study weak people? The LORD manipulated the Egyptians (Exodus 9:12), and the Arabs manipulated the Egyptians. Why don't you study a strong, courageous, industrious, Godly, alpha race like Americans?