Now, here are two phenomena which I have symbolized in Englsh and in Mdw-Ntr. Don't forget to come back, and I'll be waiting for you when you get here. It is because he knows his name that he does not fall on his face. Mdw-Ntr is very interesting and fun to learn, but there are many differences of opinion regarding the history of the language and of Ancient Egypt itself. The difference is whether the Ancient Nile Valley Civilization was more connected with Asian cultures to the north, or whether it was more connected with the African cultures to its south.
Linguistic history is like a bloodline, it evidences the history of a culture.
For now, it will be enough to know that the Ancient Nile Valley Civilization was situated on the continent of Africa, and that alone makes it accurate to refer to it as an African Civilization. After we do two more things, we will be ready, to go to our next page. One thing I want you to do is to go to the Egyptologica Vlaanderen VZWs website's glyph list and print out, or save to your computer, the glyphs and their sounds. Having these lists for quick reference will be of great help as we progress through the lessons. It is because he knows his name that he does not fall on his face.