did the people(egyptians / greek) really know more than we did about life and evreything that goes with it?
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I believe yes. Today we read studies of ancient scientists like Demokritos who spoke about energy, space and physics or like the greek doctor Ippocrates and we find out that the were right in the most of what they were saying. Is really amazing that they  were so beyond their age!\nIs really worth to find and study their work.
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We probably did not care that much about the jews at first until we realized what was actually happening.  The truth was not know at the beggining.
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May be, it depends how well we correlate our history with mythology. But in some ancient civilizations like India, Greece u indeed find many similarities.
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people are not all aware of these truths .
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We learn about our past to know who we are, Where do we come from and Why we are the way we are. The knowledge of the past lets us know the roots of our civilisation, the basic principles that guide our lives. The knowledge of past makes us aware of the mistakes our ancestors did and gives us an opportunity to avoid doing the same again. In order to plan ahead one must have the knowledge of the past, one must know what forms the basis of great progress, how great deeds were done, who did them and why did they do so. History makes us remember the sacrifices made by those who are no longer with us, it makes us appreciate the value of life and freedom. The knowledge of the past is like a guide, it helps us to rationalise things, judge between good and bad and to a certain extent it forms the basis of our faith and relegion.\n\nGeorge Santayana, the famous Spanish Historian once said about History :" Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.", to highlight the callousness of early 20th century governments about lessons from the past, Friedrich Hegel, a famous German Historian once said "What history and experience teach us is this: that people and government never have learned anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it."
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Egyptians believed in the concept of life after death, which led them to the art of embalming and drove them to build the pyramids and tombs.\n    They also believed in god worship.  The god-forms each represented a principle or aspect of the supreme creator.  \n\n\n\nThese links will provide more information about Egypt:  \nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/15924/\nhttp://www.egyptheart.org/\nhttp://neferchichi.com/
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Well, to be honest, I don't know much about Egyptians...nor have I ever met one. If I were to meet one, of course I'd treat him/her like any other person. In essence, we are all the same, no matter what race, nationality, or cultural differences we have. Fundamentally, we are all stuck on this world together whether we like it or not...so we might as well make the best of it, right? I don't see Egypt in the news a whole lot, which leads me to believe it's a civilized country, but again, I don't know too much about it. However, I enjoy ancient Egypt and love to learn about it. I'm also a history buff and love to learn about all of history. I would defiantly love to go to Egypt and see the pyramids and sphinx...that would be so awesome! \nP.S...I'm from America.
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Life.. possibly (we have observed signs of ancient liquid water there),,intelligent... doubtful.. unless they traveled here and we are them??
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the Pharaohs lived a thousand years before the Royal Family(brittish)is that who we are talking about.???????????\nyour question does not maker sense or i must be dense\nexept that they probably are of the same genetics blood line ,from the Anunaki ,Royal blood ,RH Negative\nand it it the Blood that rules
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our thirst for knowledge on what happened before we were around
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Anything's possible. It has been theorized that humans were the slaves of an alien race and left to populate the earth. Plenty use Egyptian mythology to base their answer, and actually do so quite effectively. So sure, why not?
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+ It is funny that you would ask that, I have found that city people often distrust and or hold in contempt those that they do not understand, and especially those who do not live by the same code as they do. I am sure the same holds true of the Bedouin to the Egyptians. I am looking at the Egyptians as city types even though they are not all living in cities. Another way is to look at the Egyptians as agricultural and the Bedouins as Nomadic and Cattle herders. A comparison might be made to the ranchers vs the farmers in the North American expansion years. You can see that there is a natural conflict between those who use fences to protect their crops and water resources and those that make their living by free ranging and roaming from place to place for the best water and "forage". \nTry looking for another example (that has some statistical info) and using it as a comparison.\nGood Luck \n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bedouin...
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Other than what they learned / stole from the Egyptians.  The Roman Catholic Church.
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the people of ancient times led an isolated and provincial existence...most never traveled beyond a village or a regions borders for any reason...or inddeed suposed that such areas even existed...there was not much education beyond the mrudiment of what one needed in one's trade of fishing ,farming,building and tool-making....there would be a specific vocabulary to each of these trades and generally one would be beyond one's depth when discussions went toward any other subject....trade names were and are frequently used even today....miller,a grinder of grains;smith,a worker of metals....goldsmith....archer,a soldier equipped with bow and arrow....fletcher,an arrowmaker....sharp,a tool sharpener or crafty ,agile warrior...(sharp and fletcher are the 17th and 18th most frequently used english family surnames)...so in ancient times one would be known as the town's miller(millerton)for all of their brief life...as in jos the miller. people didn't live to advanced ages so their was no need for further identification:a lifespan longer than 40 years was rare!!!!!!PEOPLE OF ANCIENT GREECE were known as sons of such and such a personage....as in modern names like peterson,ericsson,ralphson,gooddottir(BJORK),.....ICARUS SON OF DAEDALUS,TELAMACUS SON OF ODDYSEUS,...THERE IS THE FACTOR;EVEN TODAY WHERE NO FURTHER NAME IS NECESSARY...e.i.:madonna....prince...jackie 0...AS IN ANCIENT TIMES...PLATO,ARISTOTLE,PHIDIAS,ALEXANDER,CLEOPATRA...AS IN ROME....DIOGENES,CICERO,.....SOME ANCIENT NAMES WERE DRAWN FROM GREAT DEEDS...e.i.SCIPIO AEGYPTUS,DRUSUS GERMANICUS,..ETC.as lineages of important families shaped regions thru rulership or kingship; association with predecessors became more and more important to those governed!!!!early education in all countries involves lists of kings and rulers as elements of erudition...the rolls of inca rulers are still recited in peru,as are american presidents and their deeds!!!
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I have yet to meet a scientist who is actually baffled by any aspect of Ancient Egypt, except maybe by the people who dream up these weird theories about it. Doesn't matter how heavy that stone is, you get enough slaves and enough rope and it's going to go wherever you want it to. And Egypt seems to have had both in abundance.\n\nAs for Egypt not having slaves...Egypt likes to say that now, but looking at some of the other things Egypt likes to say about itself, I'm less than convinced. Hell, I'll just say it. Many Egyptian archaeologists are motivated by a very strong sense of nationalism, which tends to cloud their wrk and show Egypt in a positive light no matter what. Those that aren't motivated in such a way don't get to dig in Egypt.
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Some curriculums teach that Africa was the\nprimary influence in the knowledge that we\nhave today.  Certainly Egypt had an impact\non civilization, but the Greeks developed an\namazing society, some of which was lost in\nthe rise of the Roman empire and later during\nthe dark ages.  The Renaissance or rediscovering\ncentered around the Greek civilizatin instead of\nEgypt.  Much of Africa has always consisted mostly of\nscattered peoples with little widespread influence.
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Greek gods loved, fought, contrived, planned, helped, ate, drank, and meddled in the affairs of others.  Hmmm..basically they were people with extreme abilities and immortality.