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| Egyptians in Search of Their Past |
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It was only at the end of the 19th century that the Egyptians began to rediscover their past. Since they were converted to Islam in the 7th century AD, the Egyptians were unaware of their past, covered by sand, or converted into mosques. Thanks to the genius of Champollion, and other early Egyptians, Ancient Egypt comes alive. These foreign scholars are first to make great discoveries, but, little by little, the Egyptians start to catch up.
 The first Egyptian Egyptologist of renown is Ahmed Kamal. He translates the guidebook of the Cairo Museum into Arabic. Ahmed Fakry travels all over the desert, and discovers the remains of a large town in the Oasis of Dakhla. Right at the heart of UNESCO, Gamal Mokhtar pleaded for these treasures threatened by the Aswan Dam. The memory of them lingers over every great site of Egypt, their knowledge is handed down from generation to generation.
(CCTV-8, World Cultural Plaza, October 31)
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| Editor: Zhao Xuan CCTV.com |
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