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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by pirate787 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @01:59PM (#40381297)
They became Greeks before that. The Ptolemaic pharaohs were Macedonians. Alexandria, Egypt, the second greatest city, was founded by Alexander the Great and was 35% Jewish.
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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by sethrin on Thursday May 16, 2024 @02:15PM (#40381458)
I mean yes, the ruling class was Macedonian for a while, but saying "Egyptians became Greeks" is broadly not true.
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