Talk:Egypt

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Is modern Egypt really any more continuous than China, Iraq or Pakistan? Egyptians speak and write in a different language, use different architecture, maintain different religious beliefs, and have a dramatically different world-view than Pharaonic Egypt.--WOVcenter 22:19, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Apart from DNA in certain citizens, and geography, modern Egypt has no links at all with it's ancient past. The culture and religion that built the pyramids was weakened by the Greeks and Romans, then annihilated by Islam in the seventh and eighth centuries AD., The most ancient continuous cultural link in Egypt would be the Coptic Christian Church that has managed to hang on from the first century to the present. You have to hand it to them though. The pharaonic culture lasted virtually unchanged for about 4000 years! AlanE 8 May 2007

The earliest known archaeological record of human culture in Ancient Egypt dates to between 13,000 and 9,000 B.C

Given that the Earth is only 6000 years old, this is not possible.19:56, 15 July 2007 (EDT) PFoster 20:41, 15 July 2007 (EDT)

Is this claim actually in the bible? Then again, I thought this is Conservapedia, not the Creation wiki. So we write from a conservative perspective, but not necessarily from a Creationist perspective. Acampbell 21:06, 12 September 2008 (EDT)

I agree. This anti-Biblical bias should be corrected. At the very least, the materialist perspective should be complemented with the Christian view. Really, this is supposed to be Conservapedia, not Oldearthpedia. Brtkrbzhnv 12:50, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

This article should be about modern Egypt as much as possible, placing ancient Egypt in a separate page. Karajou 19:28, 5 October 2007 (EDT)

Egyptians are not Arabs

This article is a disgrace not only because the plight of Coptic Christians are inadequately mentioned, but also because it portrays all Egyptians as Arabs! I have already corrected the part about "Arab" identity. Egyptians are simply not Arabs! Especially Egyptian Copts. End of story. Acampbell 21:06, 12 September 2008 (EDT)

Depends how one defines "Arab." Looking at it from a linguistic anthropologist's point of view, they most probably are. AliceBG 21:13, 12 September 2008 (EDT)

Technically what you say is true, although they are usually considered a part of the "Arab world". Most of this article comes from a government website and so it is going to contain a perspective looking through a modern United States government lense - including our foreign policy choices of the last few decades and how the world is viewed. Feel free to add constructive information. Yes, the Copts are facing serious troubles, and there is certainly room for that to be added in a way that can be educational for our readers. Learn together 03:35, 13 September 2008 (EDT)