"The Ethiopians say that the Egyptians are one of their colonies which was brought into Egypt by Osiris. They even allege that this country was originally under water,but that the Nile,dragging much mud as it flowed from Ethiopia, had finally filled it in and made a part of the continent...They add that from them,as from their authors and ancestors,the Egyptians get most of their laws. It is from them that the Egyptians have learned to honor kings as gods and bury them with such pomp;sculpture and writing were invented by the Ethiopians.The Ethiopians site evidence that they are more ancient than the Egyptians,but it is useless to report that here"
Diodurus of Sicily 1st Century BC
Histoire Universelle
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