Re: Fw: [bcn_2003] Re recent material (Mark Newbrook)

Polat Kaya wrote in reply to what Mark Newbrook said

> "On sources: Wallis Budge is an important historical figure in
> Egyptology but his material is now dated. As noted earlier, some of
> Polat Kaya's sources are dubious (eg Sitchin). And one certainly
> cannot assume that the stories in Genesis are factually true or even
> based on facts."
>
> Polat Kaya: I disagree wholeheartedly. Sir E. A. Wallis Budge was
> an eminent Egyptologist and what he has done in his books are still
> valid and shining contrary to what others may say. His work goes a
> long way in showing the Turkicness of the ancient Egyptian
> language. It seems that others want to cloud his work now by
> referring to it as "dated". Yet they would gladly refer to or quote
> a much older work when it suits them.

Polat, Walis Budge's work is already more than 100 years old and it
shows. Modern understanding of Ancient Egyptian has developed
significantly since then. I would suggest that you get a copy of Sir
Alan Gardiner's "Egyptian Grammar", which, like Budge in his day, was
a true ground-breaker in this field. For an even more up-to-date
guide I would suggest Faulkner's "A Concise Dictionary of Middle
Egyptian", or B.G. Ockinga's "A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian"
(1998).

You will clearly see how unlike Turkish Ancient Egyptian really was
when you consult something a little more recent.

Hope this helps

Regards

John