Napoléon went to Egypt with a lot of men who were not soldiers or sailors but scientists of their day, they were responsible for cataloguing many of the buildings and saved them for future generations, the catalogue is several volumes and the quality of the work recognised world wide by egyptologists even today acting as a reference. The rosetta stone which was translated by a French man allowed us to read the hidden meaning of the writing form…. so before you say stupidly “The French robbed all the valuables” or “thats the French for you” open your minds and maybe a book or two.

Theres evidence of civilisation and writing that predate Egypt too, such as Ancient Sumer, they had cuneiform, and the Sumerian Tablets of Creation formed the basis for the stories most people now refer to as Genesis. Except their version was a tad different, the character that became Yahweh wasn’t the good guy for a start..

Hi Francis. I did agree with what you said in your article.. Just wanted you to be aware that Ireland has so much to offer in history and culture and that though Egypt may be very old in terms of civilisation etc… There are so many more continents and civilisations that are much older. There is so much history dating back in time, and that the bible is not only just one history book. :-)

@Nebi….. thanks for clearing that up! just cancelled my holiday to Egypt, of to meath newgrage now instead……..

That’s the French for you!

@Francis, did you know that Newgrange here in Ireland dates back further then that of the Egyptian pyramids?. Sometimes if one digs up in their own back garden, one can be quite surprised as to what one can find ;-)

That was Moses wasn’t it? Not God…..