I've never heard that before. Where did you glean it from?
The Egyptians were fantastic understanding the cosmos. I don't remember exactly, but they had a building with lime 1,100 Windows. Each window was a view to the cosmos following something up there. Each cycle of some 1,100 years was called an age and spiritually, was a huge event.
Do you k ow what I'm talking about?
It was a method of putting a grid lines on the sky. Crude but effective.
Egypt, due to Joseph's/God's assistance with a view of the future, became a superpower. With a vast amount of wealth and food. (Commodity based economy)
As a result most of the technology of that time (including written language) was found there. Phonecians and Ugarit had a limited written language as well.
But the main thing was their sciences and mathmatics...under the guise of Pharaoh's/man's wisdom and religion. (Usually symbolized by a serpent)
Chaldeans were more known for their star charts...but a huge amount of talent from Chaldeans traveled the Spice Trade Route to the Via Maris or the Via Melekh (way of the Sea or the King's Highway) to Egypt. (The trade route established by Abraham)
Being able to navigate by the stars was a common thing. (Kinda helpful on the sea or the desert)
But because of their wealth Egypt attracted all kinds of talented people with skills. With their slave population it enhanced it even more. They funded all kinds of research in the Sciences. (Highly organized society) these sciences related directly to construction projects, food production, international trade, and public works.
But for all of this...the Bible still uses the same word for misery as they do for Egypt.
The Hebrew slaves pretty much ran around naked. The men wore a penis sheath and the women a small apron at the waist. (Any other clothing would be destroyed by the labor they did daily from beer vats to mud brick)
