Advent Calendar - the fascination for ancient Egypt

Intute (Andrea Vianello)

Christmas is coming, and ancient Egypt is also the first place that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus visit together. They were fleeing from King Herod, who feared that Jesus would replace him as king. God chose Egypt as safe place according to Matthew (2). According to the Gospels, King Herod ordered all male children aged two or less to be slaughtered. And as for divine punishment, today archaeologists are hunting down king Herod’s sarcophagus (video below is a report by infolivetvenglish), though no discovery has convinced everybody yet. . . .

Without direct access to Egypt, Christians have believed for centuries that the pyramids were the granaries of Egypt mentioned in the Bible, and continued to dream about them. The pyramids appear as granaries in the 13th century mosaics of St Mark’s in Venice (I doubt many modern tourists have recognised them). Today we know a bit more on the pyramids, but there are still many unanswered questions and new theories are proposed very often. Some of the most fantastic ideas eventually fuel our dreams, with new releases of movies and games on ancient Egypt demonstrating its popularity.

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