This kind of writing is one of the oldest human writing, and it is often engraved on tombs, monuments, temple walls or stones of ancient Egyptians, so it is called "sacred writing".
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The difference between ancient Egypt and modern Egypt lies in the cultural inheritance. Ancient Egyptian civilization is water conservancy civilization, religious belief is polytheism, and the gods are centered on the sun god. The present Egyptian faith belongs to Islam and Arab civilization.
Its cultural separation time was about 640 AD. During this period, Egypt was occupied by Arabs and began to Arabize, and the original civilization was lost and broken. At present, historiography basically divides Egypt according to this time.