 The basic sources of what the Egyptian civilization was like were the Greeks. The Greeks, by the way, were Egyptomaniacs also. They loved Egypt. The Greeks were newcomers compared to the Egyptians. The Greeks revered Egypt because it was such an ancient civilization. So we have a tourist, you mentioned him, Herodotus, who around 500 B.C. goes to Egypt and writes down what he sees. And he says, Egypt has more wonders than any other nation in the world.