re: Ancient civilizations. Y or N?

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Herodotus visited the pyramids in the 5th Century B.C. and wrote that he was taught by local priests and scholars who showed him inscriptions about the building of the pyramids as tombs to the great pharaohs.

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You do realize Herodotus is regarded as a better storyteller than a historian, right? Understanding this, inscriptions aren't necessarily hieroglyphs in the sense of a traditional form of writing. And local priests & scholars aren't going to tell a foreign traveler "yep, all the gold and treasure you can imagine is over there in that valley" where the great pharaohs were actually buried.

Just playing devil's advocate..