quote:Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] White colonists, racists and nationalists created Egyptology as a tool to appropriate the history and culture of Egypt as part of their geopolitical and colonial white supremacist project.
Egyptology's modern history begins with the invasion of Egypt by Napoleon Bonaparte. The subsequent publication of Description de l'Égypte between 1809 and 1829 made numerous ancient Egyptian source materials available to Europeans for the first time. Jean-François Champollion, Thomas Young and Ippolito Rosellini were some of the first Egyptologists of wide acclaim. The German Karl Richard Lepsius was an early participant in the investigations of Egypt; mapping, excavating, and recording several sites. Champollion announced his general decipherment of the system of Egyptian hieroglyphics for the first time, employing the Rosetta Stone as his primary aid.
The notion of annexing Egypt as a French colony had been under discussion since François Baron de Tott undertook a secret mission to the Levant in 1777 to determine its feasibility.[2] Baron de Tott's report was favorable, but no immediate action was taken.[2] Nevertheless, Egypt became a topic of debate between Talleyrand and Napoleon, which continued in their correspondence during Napoleon's Italian campaign.[2] In early 1798, Bonaparte proposed a military expedition to seize Egypt. In a letter to the Directoire, he suggested this would protect French trade interests, attack British commerce, and undermine Britain's access to India and the East Indies, since Egypt was well-placed on the trade routes to these places.[citation needed] Bonaparte wished to establish a French presence in the Middle East, with the ultimate dream of linking with France's ally Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore in India.[3] As France was not ready for a head-on attack on Great Britain itself, the Directoire decided to intervene indirectly and create a "double port" connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, prefiguring the Suez Canal.[4]
At the time, Egypt had been an Ottoman province since 1517, but was now out of direct Ottoman control, and was in disorder, with dissension among the ruling Mamluk elite. In France, "Egyptian" fashion was in full swing – intellectuals believed that Egypt was the cradle of western civilization and wished to conquer it. French traders already based on the River Nile were complaining of harassment by the Mamluks, and Napoleon wished to walk in the footsteps of Alexander the Great.
The French Campaign in Egypt and Syria [1798–1801) was Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests, weaken Britain's access to British India, and to establish scientific enterprise in the region. It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, a series of naval engagements that included the capture of Malta.
On the scientific front, the expedition eventually led to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, creating the field of egyptology. Despite many decisive victories and an initially successful expedition into Syria, Napoleon and his Armée d'Orient were eventually forced to withdraw, after sowing political disharmony in France, experiencing conflict in Europe, and suffering the defeat of the supporting French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.
The brief French invasion of Egypt led by Napoleon Bonaparte began in 1798. The expulsion of the French in 1801 by Ottoman, Mamluk, and British forces was followed by four years of anarchy in which Ottomans, Mamluks, and Albanians — who were nominally in the service of the Ottomans – wrestled for power. Out of this chaos, the commander of the Albanian regiment, Muhammad Ali [Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha) emerged as a dominant figure and in 1805 was acknowledged by the Sultan in Istanbul as his viceroy in Egypt; the title implied subordination to the Sultan but this was in fact a polite fiction: Ottoman power in Egypt was finished and Muhammad Ali, an ambitious and able leader, established a dynasty that was to rule Egypt until the revolution of 1952. In later years, the dynasty became a British puppet.
British indirect rule lasted from 1882, when the British succeeded in defeating the Egyptian Army at Tel el-Kebir in September and took control of the country, to the 1952 Egyptian revolution which made Egypt a republic and when British advisers were expelled.
Before them the Ottomans were in control. They're muslims and Arabs are muslims.
They came after several conquests and changes of rule in Egypt. The Hyksos ruled for about a hundred years in the 15th dynasty but they were overthrown. Libyans took control for a short time as well as Kushites. The Kushites assimilated into society by reaffirming Ancient Egyptian religious traditions, temples, and artistic forms, while introducing some unique aspects of Kushite culture. But they only lasted about 100 years also. Then the Assyrians took over Then the Persians Then The Greeks Then The Romans
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According to most scholars the history of modern Egypt dates from the emergence of Muhammad Ali's rule in the early 19th century and his launching of Egypt's modernization project that involved building a new army and suggesting a new map for Egypt.[1]
The definition of Egypt's modern history has varied in accordance with different definitions of Modernity. Some scholars date it as far back as 1516 with the Ottomans’ defeat of the Mamlūks in 1516–17.[2]
Muhammad Ali's dynasty became practically independent from Ottoman rule, following his military campaigns against the Empire and his ability to enlist large-scale armies, allowing him to control both Egypt and parts of North Africa and the Middle East. In 1882, the Khedivate of Egypt became part of the British sphere of influence in the region, a situation that conflicted with its position as an autonomous vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. The country became a British protectorate in 1915 and achieved full independence in 1922, becoming a kingdom under the rule of Muhammad Ali's dynasty, which lasted until 1952.
What if the French and British were never able to have their short periods of control and modern Egyptology had never begun?
I'm not sure what would have happened. The state is controlled by Arabs now and they have a Ministry of Antiquities and have lucrative tourism based on ancient Egyptian architecture, tombs and artifacts
They probably would have founded their own sort of Egyptology from their perspective
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When the Arab population entered Northeast Africa, Egypt. They started to destroy ancient buildings, removed ancient buildings etc. The fact that this happened tells that there’s something wrong with the claim that Arabs lived in the region prior, and are descendants of the native ancient people of the Northeast Africa region. The evident recorded behavior patterns go direcectly in contradiction with is being claimed by some in science.
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quote:Originally posted by Ish Gebor: When the Arab population entered Northeast Africa, Egypt. They started to destroy ancient buildings, removed ancient buildings etc. The fact that this happened tells that there’s something wrong with the claim that Arabs lived in the region prior, and are descendants of the native ancient people of the Northeast Africa region. The evident recorded behavior patterns go direcectly in contradiction with is being claimed by some in science.
So if there’s something wrong with the claim that Arabs lived in the region prior then what would be the difference in DNA haplogroup between Arabs and ancient Egyptians to prove that?
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quote:Originally posted by Ish Gebor: When the Arab population entered Northeast Africa, Egypt. They started to destroy ancient buildings, removed ancient buildings etc. The fact that this happened tells that there’s something wrong with the claim that Arabs lived in the region prior, and are descendants of the native ancient people of the Northeast Africa region. The evident recorded behavior patterns go direcectly in contradiction with is being claimed by some in science.
its religious people who crushed running by mental religious service
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modern egyptology campaigns helped us to get great knowledge of ancient egyptians,they put wrong history for sure,history will be modified and corrected by its owner
Egypt now waits osiris or amun or geb most ancient egyptian gods represent one character one guy....hes been worshipped for thousands of years
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