Hugs, the issue of Greek mythology - which has been shown to exist in the Late Bronze Age at the Oracle of Delphi as early as 1,600 BC - has nothing to do with the philosophy of 5-6th century BC Greek Philosophers. Greek religion was exported to Magna Graecia - Southern Italy - beginning in the 8th century BC and temples to their gods were built which subsequently influenced the Roman pantheon.
I don't know where this guy Poe (great name, btw) gets the idea that scholars said the Egyptians did not sail. It seems to be a strawman argument. What Egypt lacked was wood but that did not stop them from engaging in a long-term and lucrative trade with the Phoenician settlements in Lebanon where cedar was a major Egyptian import dating back to the Old Kingdom. The Solar Barque of Khufu, which dates to about 2,500 BC is constructed of Lebanon cedar. Lebanese cedar has been found in various tombs and other buildings. Further we have archaeological evidence for Egyptian shipping from the reign of Hatshepsut on the Red Sea. The evidence for extensive maritime commerce in the Late Bronze Age among the various empires and kingdoms bordering the Mediterranean is overwhelming. Read Eric Cline's 1177 BC for more info.
You'd be better off worrying more about how judaism and its weak-sister, jesusism, was cobbled together from Sumerian folk tales and Persian Zoroastrianism and Hellenistic Mystery Cults much later on.
I don't know where this guy Poe (great name, btw) gets the idea that scholars said the Egyptians did not sail. It seems to be a strawman argument. What Egypt lacked was wood but that did not stop them from engaging in a long-term and lucrative trade with the Phoenician settlements in Lebanon where cedar was a major Egyptian import dating back to the Old Kingdom. The Solar Barque of Khufu, which dates to about 2,500 BC is constructed of Lebanon cedar. Lebanese cedar has been found in various tombs and other buildings. Further we have archaeological evidence for Egyptian shipping from the reign of Hatshepsut on the Red Sea. The evidence for extensive maritime commerce in the Late Bronze Age among the various empires and kingdoms bordering the Mediterranean is overwhelming. Read Eric Cline's 1177 BC for more info.
You'd be better off worrying more about how judaism and its weak-sister, jesusism, was cobbled together from Sumerian folk tales and Persian Zoroastrianism and Hellenistic Mystery Cults much later on.
