Centuries before Jean-François Champollion, Muslim scholars recognized that hieroglyphs were not just mystical symbols, but a phonetic language.
Evidence that local Egyptians maintained oral traditions about the pharaohs. Why It Matters Egyptology: The Missing Millennium. Ancient Egy...
Scholars used "the science of the pen" to decode inscriptions. Preservation and Science Preservation and Science Studied the Coptic language to
Studied the Coptic language to bridge the gap to the ancients. By examining medieval Arabic manuscripts, El Daly reveals
Authored a 9th-century manuscript correctly identifying phonetic signs.
Okasha El Daly’s groundbreaking work, Egyptology: The Missing Millennium , challenges the traditional narrative that interest in Ancient Egypt vanished between the Roman era and the Napoleonic invasion. By examining medieval Arabic manuscripts, El Daly reveals a rich tradition of scholarly inquiry that predates Western Egyptology by nearly a thousand years. The Myth of the "Silent Era" Claims Egyptology began in 1798.
Manuscripts contained accurate sketches of temples and statues.