"Most influential civilization of the past" poll
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"Most influential civilization of the past" poll



Most influential civilization of the past...

Far East...1
Egyptian...3
Greek...2
Middle East...2
Roman...2

Well, this is totally bizarre for I never expected that Egyptian would be number one. I really cannot see this for such a static civilization except for one historical anomaly: The reign of the monotheistic King Amenhotep IV [Akhenaten]...and of course "mummy" films.




- Before Zahi Hawass...gaston Maspero
Gaston Maspero June 23rd, 1846 to June 30th, 1916 Long before Zahi Hawass [current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities] there was Gaston Maspero a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for...

- Kong Hits The Theaters Today In 1933
"I'm going to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld. He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization merely a captive - a show to gratify your curiosity." What a spectacular film...beauty and the beast--King...

- 52 Lectures..."the Western Tradition"
A video instructional series on Western civilization for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs and coordinated books covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen...

- Mars--egypt
"MARS TRADED WITH ANCIENT EGYPT" by Erik Van Datiken May 13th, 2009 Unscientific American BERN – Swiss scientists say they can prove beyond a doubt that the Lost City of Atlantis was on Mars, and its astronauts traded with ancient Egypt for thousands...

- Egyptian Astronomy
In conjunction with the previous post it would be worthy to have a small glimpse of an astronomy older than the Greeks and one heavily embed in religion--Egyptian astronomy. Ev Cochrane: Horus' Star Hathor's Star: The Planet Venus in Egyptian...



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