Studied the Coptic language to bridge the gap to the ancients.
Scholars used "the science of the pen" to decode inscriptions. Preservation and Science Egyptology: The Missing Millennium. Ancient Egy...
Okasha El Daly’s groundbreaking work, Egyptology: The Missing Millennium , challenges the traditional narrative that interest in Ancient Egypt vanished between the Roman era and the Napoleonic invasion. By examining medieval Arabic manuscripts, El Daly reveals a rich tradition of scholarly inquiry that predates Western Egyptology by nearly a thousand years. The Myth of the "Silent Era" Claims Egyptology began in 1798. Studied the Coptic language to bridge the gap