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Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt
This book reveals the ingrained prejudices against ancient Egypt, from both the religious groups, who deny that Egypt is the source of their creed, and western rationalists, who deny the existence of science and philosophy prior to the Greeks. The book contains 47 chapters, with many interesting topics, such as the Egyptian medical knowledge about determining the sex of the unborn, and much, much more.
- GenresHistoryNonfictionEgypt
351 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1996
About the author
Moustafa Gadalla
223 books31 followersMoustafa Gadalla is an Egyptian-American independent Egyptologist, who was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1944. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Cairo University.
Gadalla is the author of twenty two published internationally acclaimed books about the various aspects of the Ancient Egyptian history and civilization and its influences worldwide.
He is the Founder and Chairman of the Tehuti Research Foundation (www.Egypt-Tehuti.org)—an international, U.S.-based, non-profit organization, dedicated to Ancient Egyptian studies. He is also the Founder and Head of the on-line Egyptian Mystical University (www.EgyptianMysticalUniversity.org).
From his early childhood, Gadalla pursued his Ancient Egyptian roots with passion, through continuous study and research. Since 1990, he has dedicated and concentrated all his time to researching and writing.
Gadalla is the author of twenty two published internationally acclaimed books about the various aspects of the Ancient Egyptian history and civilization and its influences worldwide.
He is the Founder and Chairman of the Tehuti Research Foundation (www.Egypt-Tehuti.org)—an international, U.S.-based, non-profit organization, dedicated to Ancient Egyptian studies. He is also the Founder and Head of the on-line Egyptian Mystical University (www.EgyptianMysticalUniversity.org).
From his early childhood, Gadalla pursued his Ancient Egyptian roots with passion, through continuous study and research. Since 1990, he has dedicated and concentrated all his time to researching and writing.
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July 7, 2017
A pretty nice read if you want to explore different opinions behind Egypt's past that aren't shrouded in misconceptions or religiously placed bias. The book encourages you to have an opinion on everything and to question everything which is nice because the book will make you do just that.
Although the book does have sources it doesn't site them as you read, instead it has a bibliography in the back. This can get a little annoying when the author starts forming paragraphs based on evidence that can come off as more of an opinion despite having been based on researched fact.
In the book can get a little repetitive towards the history of Egypt and the Bible. Although I appreciate the author's insight and how much detail they provided into the section. Some readers might be put off by the very cut and dry manner the author writes on organized religion. A particular downside of the book is that the author tries to remain sexually neutral when giving examples but sometimes fails miserably and this may be the fault of the editor. For example a sentence may start off with using "they" or "s/he" but just give up halfway and go to the male dominant "he".
Despite the fact that I read the second addition that was printed in the year 2000 the author had a lot of theories that have since been proven accurate, such as the blood lineage of pharaohs.
Although the book does have sources it doesn't site them as you read, instead it has a bibliography in the back. This can get a little annoying when the author starts forming paragraphs based on evidence that can come off as more of an opinion despite having been based on researched fact.
In the book can get a little repetitive towards the history of Egypt and the Bible. Although I appreciate the author's insight and how much detail they provided into the section. Some readers might be put off by the very cut and dry manner the author writes on organized religion. A particular downside of the book is that the author tries to remain sexually neutral when giving examples but sometimes fails miserably and this may be the fault of the editor. For example a sentence may start off with using "they" or "s/he" but just give up halfway and go to the male dominant "he".
Despite the fact that I read the second addition that was printed in the year 2000 the author had a lot of theories that have since been proven accurate, such as the blood lineage of pharaohs.
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