HISTORY LESSON

Bill said “Libraries and professors will tell you at all levels of education Egypt has always existed and wasn’t African"

Bill was responding to a post debunking the claim that Egypt was founded by Caucasians.

It sounds like although you know that books exist in Libraries, you haven’t opened books recently.

First, new research comes out every date and every month!

Certain types of research become obsolete as new discoveries, technologies, or methodologies challenge outdated ideas. For instance, early Egyptology was often influenced by Eurocentric perspectives, which are now discredited. Examples of now-obsolete works include The Dawn of Civilization by G. Maspero (1894), which reflects colonial biases; History of Egypt by Sir Gaston Maspero (1903), limited by early archaeological methods; Race in Ancient Egypt by Grafton Elliot Smith (1911), promoting discredited racial theories; and The Evolution of the Egyptian Empire by Flinders Petrie (1910), based on flawed cultural diffusion models.

Secondly, physical libraries are no longer the publication outlet for the latest research:

The latest research is primarily found in online journals and scientific magazines because digital platforms allow for rapid dissemination and easy access to up-to-date information. Unlike physical libraries, which require time for cataloging and distribution, online publications can be updated instantly, ensuring that researchers have access to the most current data. Additionally, digital formats often offer broader search capabilities and accessibility, making them the go-to resource for modern research advancements.

Thirdly, it seems you don’t know what professors are actually teaching:

Modern Egyptologists who advocate that the ancient Egyptians were an indigenous civilization include scholars like Dr. Salima Ikram, a renowned Egyptologist who emphasizes Egypt’s African cultural roots, and Toby Wilkinson, who acknowledges Egypt’s indigenous development in his works. Barry Kemp, in Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, also presents Egypt as a society that developed independently in Africa. These scholars challenge older, Eurocentric views and focus on Egypt’s indigenous African origins and cultural evolution.

Finally, the notion that “Egyptians are Egyptians” implies you don’t understand the concept of time? Shall we assume Egyptians existed at the Big Bang, or when the Sun was formed, or when the earth was formed? Did ancient Egyptians exist as an identity 20,000 years ago? Even 6,000 years ago, dynastic Egypt didn’t exist. The notion that if you don’t know something, someone somewhere else also doesn’t know anything is not cerebral. All civilizations trace their origins to African ancestors due to the Out of Africa theory, which posits that modern humans evolved in Africa before migrating worldwide. As human groups spread and adapted, distinct cultures formed. Egypt is in Africa so the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians remained an African society by geography alone. The identity of “Egyptian” did not exist indefinitely because civilizations evolve over time, influenced by environmental changes, migrations, and innovations. The concept of an “Egyptian” identity only emerged in a specific historical context and cannot be projected infinitely into the past. Prior to the unification of the two lands of Egypt before 3100 BCE to 2,700 BCE, the embodiment of Dynastic Egypt did not exist, which is why the period preceding that era is called “Predynastic Egypt”.