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Jonathan Cotton: Were ancient Egyptians able to write? Find out next on today's Creation Moment. And now, here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor.

Ian T. Taylor: One of the mysteries of ancient Egypt is that it appears to have begun as a high civilization. The very first pharaoh of Egypt is known as Narmer, and his name simply means catfish. From what we can tell, King Catfish, who lived around 500 years after the great flood, is helping to prove the truth of the Bible's history. It was long thought that writing had not yet been invented at the time of King Catfish, or even at the time of Moses 400 years later. But recent discoveries of writing on both carved stone slabs and papyrus-like paper from the time of King Catfish have shown that even at this early date, writing had been around for a long time.

Even more amazing has been the discovery from Catfish's time of a well-organized industrial complex which had many production facilities, each specializing in the production of certain types of fired clay pots. The ruins clearly show that this industrial complex shipped its products all over the ancient Egyptian empire. One thing is clear. Those who argue that Moses could not have written the early books of the Bible because they believe that writing had not at that time been invented have been clearly proven wrong by old King Catfish.

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