Hmmm, this may be a semantic problem. For example, according to traditional
translations of classical sources the Romans imported "corn" from Egypt. But
in this context "corn" meant "grain". What we Americans call "corn" is
actually "maize". Maize is a New World plant, certainly; but the Egyptian
corn is something different.
on 3/8/01 5:24 PM, Leckstein at bleckstein@mail.monmouth.com wrote:
> At 01:08 PM 03/08/2001 -0500, Barrie Robinson wrote:
>> Folks at world,
>
>
> The one thing that is making me lean towards
>> leather is that they only found two things in the Egyptian tombs that had
>> not rotted - corn and leather treated with bees wax!
>
> Corn? That is amazing. I was always under the impression that corn was a
> new world vegetable, brought back by Columbus. Did the Egyptians have corn?
> I thought wheat came from Egypt not corn. Please correct me on this.
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