Mummies
Pyramids
Sphinx
Heiroglyphs
the Nile
the Exodus
Other
Select gender and age to cast your vote:
What comes to your mind when you think of Ancient Egypy?
- 1.6K opinions shared on Other topic.
It IS kind of strange that so much of what people think about is about death, but that's just what lasted; I'm pretty sure if you brought an ancient Egyptian to the present day and showed him depictions of where and when he came from, he'd be VERY confused (he'd probably ALSO be confused if you *didn't* show him those depictions, because, you know, airplanes).
And modern attitudes are WEIRD- they're almost seen as not quite human. A few years ago, I was at the Field Museum (one of Chicago's biggest and best), and noticed that an exhibit on Indians of the Pacific northwest had had a display closed, with the sign saying that they'd realized that what was being displayed may have violated Indian burial ground regulations. Fair enough; mistakes happen. But it was PHRASED such that it was apologetic toward the Indian peoples in question. And while THAT is understandable, it's also inconsistent when less than two hundred yards away, they're displaying the actual mummified bodies of ancient Egyptians. Obviously, their culture isn't around to complain, but it's not like the people ceased to exist; there's no shortage of Coptic folks around even today. Why is showing THEIR ancestors okay when it's not for the Indians?
Most Helpful Opinions
- 4.5K opinions shared on Other topic.
Egypt had one of the earliest advanced civilizations, with a lot of technology, and I find that fascinating. Perhaps the Sumerians were up there (they were earlier), but we don't have nearly as much evidence. A lot of ancient Egypt survived because it was all in stone.
The next civilization to reach Egypt's level was the Romans, several thousand years later.
One of my customers spent 3 weeks in Egypt earlier this year and has amazing pictures.
Desecration. Those people spent their entire lives building their tombs, and then people come along, in our generations, and just previous ones, break them open and ransack them for their own selfish gains.
- 12.8K opinions shared on Other topic.
***Me in Egypt Back in 2011-2012 With a Then----Muslim Husband. xxoo
What Girls & Guys Said
15
Opinion
47Opinion
- 863 opinions shared on Other topic.
They were the first major culture to practice circumcision
In Egypt, it was typically done on adolescent men who were about to be initiated into the priesthood or as adult males of the noble class. It is not clear that this is the case from archaeological and historical records, but Egyptian circumcision may also have been used to demarcate a special elite class. Egyptian circumcision is depicted on temple walls where young men are seen being restrained as a priest performs the circumcision with a knife.
The form of circumcision that westerners are most familiar with is complete removal of the foreskin or prepuce, as it is practiced in Judaism.
However, in ancient Egypt and other cultures in Africa, only part of the foreskin was removed.
-
-
Archeologists. Not ours, but the fact that there's been civilizations in Egypt for so long that thousands of years ago they already had their archeologists digging for things that they considered ancient for them. Archeologists can find items that belonged to ancient archeologists looking for even more ancient things.
- 6K opinions shared on Other topic.
G:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk
The Bangles. -
All of the above, mostly about how modern archaeology, along with other schools of history has completely invalidated the idea of "Jewish slaves" building the Pyramids. Just not possible.
The exodus myth is debunked. -
king tut
- 408 opinions shared on Other topic.
It kind of makes me wonder why Jews don't all seem to be blaming their failures in life on some Egyptian who had Hebrew slaves 4000 years ago.
Nope, it really doesn't. Lol
- 575 opinions shared on Other topic.
The giant ancient rare albino alligators that like take up the entire like sacred courtyard XD.
-
Lol! You forgot the all of the above option. I actually went to Bible school for a bit and studied ancient Egypt a little. It’s SO cool!!
-
I think of black Americans trying to claim Egypt as a black civilization, which it wasn't.
-
Ancient Egypt is awesome ! ... You can read about it and never get tired... I've been to museums and it was amazing... Never been to the pyramids tho 😅... I'm Egyptian by the way
-
Hieroglyphs, mainly because I love the old Egyptian art style for whatever reason
It looks interesting and terrifying all at the same time -
6th grade bc that’s the first time I had learned about Egypt🤣
- 1.7K opinions shared on Other topic.
I think of this dumb girl I knew who didn't realise it was in Africa.
- 9.5K opinions shared on Other topic.
it is this.\
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FYbavuReVF4 -
Pyramids, but perhaps also King Tutankhamen.
-
They pulled people's brains out through their noses when mummifying them.
-
Cleopatra, statues, luxurious and grandiose civilization
-
Steve Martin - King Tut (Live 1979)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wgTPH5y1-ZI -
Pyramids were built with slave labor, so no respect for them from me.
Click "Show More" for your mentions
Most Helpful Opinion(mho) Rate.
Learn more
Learn more
We're glad to see you liked this post.
You can also add your opinion below!
Most Helpful Opinions