Hi,

How 'bout this one:

"The earliest texts bear within themselves proofs, not only of having been composed, but also of having been revised, or edited, long before the copies known to us were made, and, judging from many passages in the copies inscribed in hieroglyphs upon the pyramids of Unas (the last king of the Vth dynasty, about 3333 B.C.), and Teta, Pepi I., Mehti-em-sa-f, and Pepi II (kings of the VIth dynasty, about 3300-33166 B.C.), it would seem that, even at that remote date, the scribes were perplexed and hardly understood the texts which they had before them."

This is from the introduction, written by E.A. Wallis Budge to his book, "The Book of the Dead". Not only is Budge off by only 'bout 1000 years in his dates but he, in his unique style, asserts that the scribes were "perplexed and hardly understood the texts . . ."

In retrospect, it seems more like Budge was perplexed and hardly understood the texts.

Ken