Erasing history in Egypt

Israel Matzav ^ | 12/25/11 | Carl In Jerusalem

[Nachum]

Guy Bechor reports that Egypt is in the process of destroying all remnants of its ancient, non-Muslim cultures.

It was barely mentioned in the Israeli and global media, but the following event pertains to the whole of Western civilization: Last Saturday, violent groups of Islamic-Salafi radicals burned the famous scientific institute established by Napoleon in Egypt after its first encounter with the West. Some historians consider it the start of modern times in the Middle East.

The site, L’Institut d’Egypte, held some 200,000 original and rare books, exhibits, maps, archeological findings and studies from Egypt and the entire Middle East, based on the work of generations of western researchers. Most of the artifacts were lost forever, burned or looted.

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks again Impy. Susanna Hoffs turned 53 yesterday. :') Note: this topic is from Christmas Day 2011. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

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[wildbill]

There is a significant difference between Egypt and the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan.

Tourists go to Egypt in droves to see the ancient ruins and relics and they bring a lot of cash with them. Every Egyptian knows this is one of their main income producers.

I suspect that the average Egyptian also retains a certain pride in the ancient tradtions of Egyptian civilization which will mitigate against the excesses of the radical Islamists to a great extent.

[EURASLEEP]

Excellent points. I’ve always been astonished how the Muslim world can spend all that oil money sending it’s youth to the West to study medicine, engineering, computers, etc. (a nod to the superiority of the West, BTW..). But, what do these young people do with their knowledge? They return to the ME and make bombs, start revolutions, foment terrorism. Not a hint of giving that knowledge to their community to improve the lives of everyone. Can anyone think of one single thing that the ME can produce (technology wise), or has invented? I don’t think they can even produce a bicycle, let alone a car. They just buy whatever the rest of the world makes and then use it for evil. It boggles the mind...

[Impy]

Well Happy Birthday Susanna.

She looks younger than Linday Lohan and numerous other party girls.

[GOPsterinMA]

Me likey!

[cradle of freedom]

The leftists are in such deep and total denial.