THE LEGENDS OF THE PYRAMIDS: Myths and Misconceptions about Ancient Egypt. Jason Colavito. Colavito researches the connections between science, pseudoscience, and speculative fiction. Ancient Egypt is perhaps the oldest and best example. He looks at “the way people imagined (and outright fabricated) Egyptian history from Alexander’s conquest in 322 BCE down to the present.” He examines how religious belief has bent history to its demands and how race, ethnicity, nationalism, and culture have sought to revise Egyptian history to favor certain groups. And he traces the influence of “a powerful and compelling—but fictitious—idea that the pyramids had a deep and abiding connection” to forbidden knowledge and supernatural creatures. The book is about the power of storytelling and legend-making, which illustrate why, despite the facts, “pop culture sees Egypt as a land of walking mummies, booby-trapped tombs, ancient wisdom, and powerful magic.” Red Lightning Books, 2021, 222 pp., $20.00.
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