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What do you consider to be the earliest known true history, as opposed to mythologised history?

Who is the earliest Egyptian we can lay claim to believe we know existed, by name?

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Grey Wolf
 
I might have asked this already, but don't remember the answer.
If a theoretical typical 19th (or late 18th) dynasty Egyptian scholar/scribe (were they different things?) somehow managed to encounter a hieroglyphic text from the Old Kingdom period, how much (by your opinion) they would be able to understand? Would they at least recognize the hieroglyphs themselves?
Same question for Ptolemaic-era encounter of New Kingdom (e.g. 19th dynasty) text, and Ptolemaic-era encounter of Old Kingdom text (however unlikely the latter is).

Somewhat related: are there any actual mentions of any local Egyptians, of any Ancient Egyptian period (up to and including Ptolemaic), ever encountering a text made at least several centuries earlier?
 
I'm not Niko, but I can't help but wonder why they cast so many blondes of all people in an Egypt movie. Didn't they hear how the last Egypt movie was hurt bad by accusations of whitewashing?
 
I might have asked this already, but don't remember the answer.
If a theoretical typical 19th (or late 18th) dynasty Egyptian scholar/scribe (were they different things?) somehow managed to encounter a hieroglyphic text from the Old Kingdom period, how much (by your opinion) they would be able to understand? Would they at least recognize the hieroglyphs themselves?
Same question for Ptolemaic-era encounter of New Kingdom (e.g. 19th dynasty) text, and Ptolemaic-era encounter of Old Kingdom text (however unlikely the latter is).

Somewhat related: are there any actual mentions of any local Egyptians, of any Ancient Egyptian period (up to and including Ptolemaic), ever encountering a text made at least several centuries earlier?

I'm not Niko, but I believe I can answer the first question (Old Kingdom-19th dynasty). The hieroglyph shapes did not change and the expressions used were highly schematic and formulaic in nature, so I believe there would be no problem.
 
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Somewhat related: are there any actual mentions of any local Egyptians, of any Ancient Egyptian period (up to and including Ptolemaic), ever encountering a text made at least several centuries earlier?

On this question, do you specificially mean in papyrus since carved and indeed painted texts are going to be on temple walls and obelisks etc?

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Grey Wolf
 
Has there ever been a movie/TV show in Ancient Egypt that actually portrayed Egypt accurately? I'm especially curious about The Prince of Egypt and Rome.
 
On this question, do you specificially mean in papyrus since carved and indeed painted texts are going to be on temple walls and obelisks etc?

No, the other texts count too. I'm just not sure if there were any such texts (of sufficient age) in places where people could still see (and read) them (as opposed to being in an underground chamber, abandoned temple ruin, or simply out in the uninhabited desert).
However, I probably wouldn't count the tiny (like two or three words) texts that can appear on small statues and stuff like that (which were probably around in all sufficiently late periods, because of people trying to find treasure in old tombs).
 
I know it's not completely related to this thread, but here's my question anyway:
If Egypt had undergo the same fate as Iran (predominantly Muslim but Egyptian-speaking), how Arab names would be "Egyptianized" (e.g. "Mahmud" for Muhammad, but it's OTL)
 
I know it's not completely related to this thread, but here's my question anyway:
If Egypt had undergo the same fate as Iran (predominantly Muslim but Egyptian-speaking), how Arab names would be "Egyptianized" (e.g. "Mahmud" for Muhammad, but it's OTL)

We know that the early Berber name for Muhammad was Mamat (Mohand is more a derivative of Muhammad).
Maybe it could have gave something more or less close?

I try to look for coptic mentions, but not great luck so far.
 
Sea Peoples

Hi Niko. Its my understanding that the Egyptians had a general term for the many migratory tribes of Sea Peoples that showed up during the Bronze Age Collapse. Can you tell us what that general term, "Peoples of the Sea" was in proper Egyptian?
 
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