cladking Wrote:
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> Yes. I'm well aware that heiroglyphs were still
> in use what seems to be lacking from an
> evidentiary standpoint is that they could read the
> ancient script after about 1500 BC. Look how much
> English has changed in a mere 500 years. Writing
> was nearly 3000 years old at the time of Manetho.
>
Middle Egyptian continued as a literary mode right through the Late Period and Graeco-Roman times. We know they could read it, because it was still being written in certain contexts. The analogy with Old English does not apply.