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[QUOTE]Originally posted by BrandonP: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [qb] @Djehuti The question of Egyptian self-identity is in my view a complex subject that has a lot of loose ends that would benefit from the excavation of more texts. And even then there may be no guarantee they are going to reflect anthropological reality. For instance, if the phrase T3 Ntr has literal anthro value, parts of Syria (and southern lands on both sides of the Red Sea) could potentially have been considered by AE as ancestral land at some point in their history, by some members of Egyptian society. In that case one would find a self-identity that has drifted from anthropological reality possibly due religious reasons (e.g. they procrured sacred timber and incense from Lebanon). Then there is the unique social organization of Egyptian society around nomes, where different nomes may have had self-identities and myths and legends co-existing even though being in contradiction. [/qb][/QUOTE]This is a good point you raise here. Myths and legends [i]can[/i] sometimes refer to real phenomena, but they shouldn’t always be taken at face value. A vocal number of Native Americans in the US don’t like the idea that their ancestors came from anywhere outside the Americas since that contradicts certain creation myths of theirs. Now, while I can understand why indigenous people might not like condescending White anthropologists contradicting them on their own past, you have to admit Natives had to have come from somewhere outside the Americas if they are human like the rest of us. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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