ABSTRACT
The literatures of Greece and Rome have much to say of the Egyptian priests and their wisdom. Aristotle illustrates the secular shift of population consequent on geological changes by reference to the Nile Valley, and the almost universal opinion among the ancients held Egypt to be the oldest land and the cradle of the race. The consensus of opinion among Egyptologists, however, is to the effect that Herodotus, in matters of religion, did not derive his information from Egyptian priests. The Egyptian priests, whom Herodotus consulted not only about Egyptian history, including geological history, reaching back over more than eleven thousand years, but also regarding the calendrical systems in all other lands, and regarding the history of Greek religion. The tale of the Theban priestesses who were carried into Libya and Greece is so obviously of Greek origin, that it is impossible to think of it as Egyptian.
