Issue 25 Explore Egypt in Washington DC
A Living Civilization from the Nile to the Potomac
Can we explore Egypt without leaving Washington, D.C.? The answer is not that Washington is an Egyptian city, or that every monument was copied from Egypt. The deeper answer is that cities and civilizations speak through architecture, landscape, symbols, memory, and moral ideas. When we look carefully, we can hear a conversation between ancient Egypt and the modern American capital.
This issue introduces the central idea of Dr. Ali Zohery’s book Explore Egypt in Washington DC A Living Civilization Along the Potomac. Ancient Egypt is not only a collection of ruins. Its continuing legacy includes monumental architecture, sacred geometry, the obelisk, writing, the preservation of names, the ordering of ceremonial space, the symbolism of water, and the principle that leadership must serve truth and justice.
Washington uses different institutions and belongs to a different historical and religious tradition. Yet its avenues, monuments, memorials, museums, public inscriptions, and river landscape also ask how a nation should remember, honor sacrifice, educate citizens, and connect the present with the past. Comparison becomes useful when it respects the differences as carefully as the similarities.
Written and presented by Dr. Ali Zohery, Ph.D.
27 September 2026
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Issue 25 Explore Egypt in Washington DC
A Living Civilization from the Nile to the Potomac
Can we explore Egypt without leaving Washington, D.C.? The answer is not that Washington is an Egyptian city, or that every monument was copied from Egypt. The deeper answer is that cities and civilizations speak through architecture, landscape, symbols, memory, and moral ideas. When we look carefully, we can hear a conversation between ancient Egypt and the modern American capital.
This issue introduces the central idea of Dr. Ali Zohery’s book Explore Egypt in Washington DC A Living Civilization Along the Potomac. Ancient Egypt is not only a collection of ruins. Its continuing legacy includes monumental architecture, sacred geometry, the obelisk, writing, the preservation of names, the ordering of ceremonial space, the symbolism of water, and the principle that leadership must serve truth and justice.
Washington uses different institutions and belongs to a different historical and religious tradition. Yet its avenues, monuments, memorials, museums, public inscriptions, and river landscape also ask how a nation should remember, honor sacrifice, educate citizens, and connect the present with the past. Comparison becomes useful when it respects the differences as carefully as the similarities.
Written and presented by Dr. Ali Zohery, Ph.D.
27 September 2026
Podcast and travel archive www.zohery.com | +1-202-437-1295
PAGE 2 WASHINGTON AS A CITY THAT SPEAKS
Walking Through Civilization
Architecture landscape memory and reflection
Washington, D.C., was planned as more than a collection of government offices. Its avenues, circles, open spaces, monuments, public buildings, and long views were intended to communicate national identity and aspiration. Movement across the city brings the Capitol, the White House, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, museums, and the Potomac into visual relationships.
Ancient Egyptian ceremonial landscapes also organized movement. Temple approaches, gateways, courtyards, columns, inscriptions, and increasingly restricted spaces guided visitors through a sequence of experiences. The National Mall serves a different civic purpose, but it likewise turns movement into an encounter with ideas. A person walks from one memory to another, and the city becomes an open-air classroom.
This is the meaning of walking civilization. History is learned not only from books but by entering places, observing scale and materials, studying location, and asking what the space expects us to remember. The Quran invites this method of learning: Travel through the land and observe how creation began. Surah Al Ankabut verse 20. Travel, observation, and reflection turn sightseeing into education.
Useful questions follow. Why was this monument built? Why does it stand here? Why was this shape selected? Who is remembered, and who was once excluded? What moral lesson is communicated? How does a place change when citizens gather there? A well-guided walk through Washington becomes a conversation about power, belonging, justice, and memory.
PAGE 3 THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
A Modern Echo of the Egyptian Obelisk
Verticality permanence and national memory
The clearest Egyptian architectural connection in Washington is the Washington Monument. The National Park Service describes it as a marble obelisk built to honor George Washington. Robert Mills’s original design included a 600-foot Egyptian-style obelisk surrounded by a colonnade, although the monument finally completed is the simpler form familiar today.
In ancient Egypt, obelisks stood at temple entrances and were associated with the sun, divine power, kingship, and permanence. Their four sides taper upward toward a pyramid-shaped top. Inscriptions joined the ruler’s name and achievements to sacred space. The form linked earth and sky while presenting royal memory in durable stone.
The Washington Monument is not an ancient Egyptian monument and does not perform the same religious function. It uses, however, the powerful language of verticality. Rising more than 555 feet, it dominates the capital’s skyline, establishes a central point in the landscape, and transforms the memory of Washington into a visible national symbol. Its form communicates endurance, aspiration, unity, and the desire that leadership be remembered.
The word echo is important. An echo is not an exact copy; it is a form or idea that continues in another setting. The obelisk therefore permits a careful historical conversation about how architectural forms travel, acquire new meanings, and help later societies express permanence. Both ancient and modern monument builders understood that stone can place memory in the landscape and speak beyond one generation.
PAGE 4 MORAL ORDER AND CIVIC MEMORY
Maat the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall
When monuments become ethical classrooms
Maat was a central ancient Egyptian concept encompassing truth, justice, order, balance, harmony, and right conduct. It was both a personal virtue and a principle of society. The ruler was expected to maintain Maat; power that produced injustice, corruption, or destructive disorder failed its moral responsibility. This idea does not make ancient Egypt and the United States politically identical. It provides a lens for asking what makes leadership legitimate.
The Lincoln Memorial offers a modern civic setting for such questions. Its design is classically Greek, not Egyptian. Thirty-six Doric columns represent the states in the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death, and the interior preserves the Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address. The visitor climbs, enters an ordered chamber, looks toward an enlarged seated figure, and encounters words about union, war, sacrifice, slavery, and national responsibility.
The National Mall extends the experience into a processional civic landscape. The Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, Reflecting Pool, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, museums, and public spaces create a journey through founding, conflict, service, loss, equality, and renewal. The Mall is not an Egyptian temple avenue, but both kinds of landscape use sequence, scale, direction, water, stone, and inscription to organize memory.
Monuments therefore deserve more than photographs. They invite questions. What is justice? What does freedom require? How should leaders use power? How should a nation remember failure as well as success? What does unity cost? Public memory becomes meaningful when it encourages citizens to examine values, not merely admire buildings.
PAGE 5 WATER KNOWLEDGE AND THE EGYPTIAN PRESENCE
From the Nile to the Potomac
Rivers museums and the preservation of human experience
Ancient Egypt cannot be understood without the Nile. It sustained agriculture, transportation, settlement, communication, and a rhythm of renewal. The Potomac has a different history, but it also helped determine the location, development, trade, defense, and identity of Washington. Both rivers anchor human communities and remind us that civilizations depend upon landscapes.
Water also creates reflection. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool visually joins the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. Its mirrored image suggests another kind of reflection: seeing the nation as it is while considering what it should become. In Egyptian thought, water carried associations with creation, fertility, and renewal. In Washington, river and pool create a related but distinct language of continuity, movement, connection, and public memory.
The Smithsonian extends this journey through knowledge. It is not an ancient temple, but its museums preserve objects, evidence, science, art, and cultural memory for future generations. The National Museum of Natural History exhibition Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt includes human and animal mummies, pottery, jewelry, tools, and other objects, while noninvasive scanning allows study without damaging the bodies.
Every Egyptian object in Washington has two histories: its life within ancient Egypt and its later life as a museum object. A mummy is not merely a curiosity. It raises questions about identity, the body, the soul, death, preservation, and eternal life. Questions for discussion include these. Which Washington landmark creates the strongest dialogue with Egypt? What does Maat teach about leadership? How should museums interpret human remains? What does water symbolize in your culture?
Explore Egypt in Washington, D.C., with Zohery Tours. Discover monuments, museums, architecture, and the stories connecting the Nile and the Potomac. For reservations and information, visit www.zohery.com or call +1-202-437-1295. Behind every achievement, there is a story worth telling.
الْمَجَلَّةُ الرَّقْمِيَّةُ وَأَرْشِيفُ بُودْكَاسْتِ الدُّكْتُورِ عَلِيٍّ الزُّهَيْرِي
الْعَدَدُ ٢٥ اِكْتَشِفْ مِصْرَ فِي وَاشِنْطُن
حَضَارَةٌ حَيَّةٌ مِنَ النِّيلِ إِلَى بُوتُومَاك
هَلْ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَسْتَكْشِفَ مِصْرَ مِنْ دُونِ أَنْ نُغَادِرَ وَاشِنْطُن؟ لَا تَعْنِي الْإِجَابَةُ أَنَّ وَاشِنْطُن مَدِينَةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ، أَوْ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَعْلَمٍ فِيهَا نُسِخَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَلَكِنَّ الْمُدُنَ وَالْحَضَارَاتِ تَتَحَدَّثُ بِلُغَةِ الْعِمَارَةِ وَالْمَشْهَدِ وَالرُّمُوزِ وَالذَّاكِرَةِ وَالْأَفْكَارِ الْأَخْلَاقِيَّةِ. وَحِينَ نَنْظُرُ بِدِقَّةٍ نَسْمَعُ حِوَارًا بَيْنَ مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ وَالْعَاصِمَةِ الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ.
يُقَدِّمُ هَذَا الْعَدَدُ الْفِكْرَةَ الْمَرْكَزِيَّةَ لِكِتَابِ الدُّكْتُورِ عَلِيٍّ الزُّهَيْرِي «اِكْتَشِفْ مِصْرَ فِي وَاشِنْطُن حَضَارَةٌ حَيَّةٌ عَلَى ضِفَافِ بُوتُومَاك». فَمِصْرُ الْقَدِيمَةُ لَيْسَتْ مَجْمُوعَةً مِنَ الْأَطْلَالِ فَقَطْ؛ بَلْ يَشْمَلُ إِرْثُهَا الْعِمَارَةَ الضَّخْمَةَ، وَالْمَسَلَّةَ، وَالْكِتَابَةَ، وَحِفْظَ الْأَسْمَاءِ، وَتَنْظِيمَ الْمَكَانِ، وَرَمْزِيَّةَ الْمَاءِ، وَمَسْؤُولِيَّةَ الْقِيَادَةِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَالْعَدْلِ.
تَنْتَمِي وَاشِنْطُن إِلَى تَارِيخٍ وَمُؤَسَّسَاتٍ وَتَقَالِيدَ دِينِيَّةٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَسْأَلُ شَوَارِعُهَا وَنُصُبُهَا وَمَتَاحِفُهَا وَنُقُوشُهَا وَمَشْهَدُهَا النَّهْرِيُّ كَيْفَ تَحْفَظُ الْأُمَّةُ ذَاكِرَتَهَا، وَتُكَرِّمُ التَّضْحِيَاتِ، وَتُعَلِّمُ الْمُوَاطِنِينَ، وَتَرْبِطُ الْحَاضِرَ بِالْمَاضِي. وَتُصْبِحُ الْمُقَارَنَةُ مُفِيدَةً حِينَ تَحْتَرِمُ الِاخْتِلَافَاتِ كَمَا تَدْرُسُ أَوْجُهَ التَّشَابُهِ.
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الصَّفْحَةُ ٧ وَاشِنْطُن مَدِينَةٌ تَتَحَدَّثُ
السَّيْرُ عَبْرَ الْحَضَارَةِ
الْعِمَارَةُ وَالْمَشْهَدُ وَالذَّاكِرَةُ وَالتَّأَمُّلُ
لَمْ تُخَطَّطْ وَاشِنْطُن لِتَكُونَ مَجْمُوعَةً مِنَ الْمَكَاتِبِ الْحُكُومِيَّةِ فَقَطْ. فَشَوَارِعُهَا وَدَوَائِرُهَا وَمَسَاحَاتُهَا الْمَفْتُوحَةُ وَمَبَانِيهَا وَمَحَاوِرُ الرُّؤْيَةِ الطَّوِيلَةُ تَنْقُلُ هُوِيَّةً وَطَنِيَّةً وَطُمُوحًا. وَتَرْبِطُ الْحَرَكَةُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ بَيْنَ الْكُونْغِرِسِ وَالْبَيْتِ الْأَبْيَضِ وَنُصُبِ وَاشِنْطُن وَنُصُبِ لِينْكُولْن وَالْمَتَاحِفِ وَنَهْرِ بُوتُومَاك.
نَظَّمَتِ الْمَشَاهِدُ الِاحْتِفَالِيَّةُ فِي مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ حَرَكَةَ الزَّائِرِ أَيْضًا. فَقَدْ قَادَتْ مَدَاخِلُ الْمَعَابِدِ وَالْبَوَّابَاتُ وَالْأَفْنِيَةُ وَالْأَعْمِدَةُ وَالنُّقُوشُ إِلَى سِلْسِلَةٍ مِنَ التَّجَارِبِ. وَيُؤَدِّي الْمُتَنَزَّهُ الْوَطَنِيُّ غَرَضًا مَدَنِيًّا مُخْتَلِفًا، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُحَوِّلُ الْحَرَكَةَ إِلَى لِقَاءٍ مَعَ الْأَفْكَارِ، فَيَمْشِي الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْ ذَاكِرَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى.
هَذَا هُوَ مَعْنَى السَّيْرِ عَبْرَ الْحَضَارَةِ. فَلَا نَتَعَلَّمُ التَّارِيخَ مِنَ الْكُتُبِ وَحْدَهَا، بَلْ بِدُخُولِ الْأَمَاكِنِ وَمُرَاقَبَةِ الْحَجْمِ وَالْمَوَادِّ وَدِرَاسَةِ الْمَوْقِعِ. وَيَدْعُونَا الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَنْهَجِ: «قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ». سُورَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، الْآيَةُ ٢٠. فَالسَّفَرُ وَالْمُلَاحَظَةُ وَالتَّفَكُّرُ تُحَوِّلُ مُشَاهَدَةَ الْمَعَالِمِ إِلَى تَعَلُّمٍ.
وَمِنَ الْأَسْئِلَةِ الْمُفِيدَةِ: لِمَاذَا بُنِيَ هَذَا النُّصُبُ؟ وَلِمَاذَا وُضِعَ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ؟ وَمَنْ يَتِمُّ تَذَكُّرُهُ؟ وَمَنْ كَانَ مُسْتَبْعَدًا مِنَ الرِّوَايَةِ؟ وَمَا الدَّرْسُ الْأَخْلَاقِيُّ الَّذِي يَنْقُلُهُ الْمَكَانُ؟
الصَّفْحَةُ ٨ نُصُبُ وَاشِنْطُن
صَدًى حَدِيثٌ لِلْمَسَلَّةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ
الِارْتِفَاعُ وَالدَّوَامُ وَالذَّاكِرَةُ الْوَطَنِيَّةُ
تَظْهَرُ أَوْضَحُ صِلَةٍ مِعْمَارِيَّةٍ مِصْرِيَّةٍ فِي وَاشِنْطُن فِي نُصُبِ وَاشِنْطُن. وَتَصِفُهُ إِدَارَةُ الْمُتَنَزَّهَاتِ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ بِأَنَّهُ مَسَلَّةٌ رُخَامِيَّةٌ بُنِيَتْ لِتَكْرِيمِ جُورْج وَاشِنْطُن. وَقَدْ شَمِلَ تَصْمِيمُ رُوبَرْت مِيلْز الْأَصْلِيُّ مَسَلَّةً عَلَى الطِّرَازِ الْمِصْرِيِّ تُحِيطُ بِهَا أَعْمِدَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ النُّصُبَ الْمُكْتَمِلَ اتَّخَذَ الشَّكْلَ الْأَبْسَطَ الَّذِي نَعْرِفُهُ الْيَوْمَ.
كَانَتِ الْمَسَلَّاتُ فِي مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ تَقِفُ عِنْدَ مَدَاخِلِ الْمَعَابِدِ، وَتَرْتَبِطُ بِالشَّمْسِ وَالْقُوَّةِ الْإِلَهِيَّةِ وَالْمُلْكِ وَالدَّوَامِ. وَتَضِيقُ جَوَانِبُهَا الْأَرْبَعَةُ نَحْوَ قِمَّةٍ هَرَمِيَّةٍ، وَتَرْبِطُ نُقُوشُهَا اسْمَ الْمَلِكِ وَإِنْجَازَاتِهِ بِالْمَكَانِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، وَتَصِلُ بَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ فِي لُغَةٍ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ.
لَيْسَ نُصُبُ وَاشِنْطُن مَسَلَّةً مِصْرِيَّةً قَدِيمَةً، وَلَا يُؤَدِّي وَظِيفَتَهَا الدِّينِيَّةَ نَفْسَهَا. وَلَكِنَّهُ يَسْتَخْدِمُ لُغَةَ الِارْتِفَاعِ الْقَوِيَّةَ. فَهُوَ يَرْتَفِعُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ 555 قَدَمًا، وَيُهَيْمِنُ عَلَى أُفُقِ الْعَاصِمَةِ، وَيُحَوِّلُ ذَاكِرَةَ وَاشِنْطُن إِلَى رَمْزٍ وَطَنِيٍّ مَرْئِيٍّ يَعْبُرُ عَنِ الصُّمُودِ وَالطُّمُوحِ وَالْوَحْدَةِ.
إِنَّ كَلِمَةَ «صَدًى» مُهِمَّةٌ. فَالصَّدَى لَيْسَ نُسْخَةً مُطَابِقَةً؛ بَلْ هُوَ صُورَةٌ أَوْ فِكْرَةٌ تَسْتَمِرُّ فِي مَكَانٍ آخَرَ. وَتَسْمَحُ الْمَسَلَّةُ بِحِوَارٍ دَقِيقٍ عَنْ سَفَرِ الْأَشْكَالِ الْمِعْمَارِيَّةِ وَاكْتِسَابِهَا مَعَانِيَ جَدِيدَةً، وَعَنْ قُدْرَةِ الْحَجَرِ عَلَى وَضْعِ الذَّاكِرَةِ فِي الْمَشْهَدِ.
الصَّفْحَةُ ٩ النِّظَامُ الْأَخْلَاقِيُّ وَالذَّاكِرَةُ الْمَدَنِيَّةُ
مَاعَت وَنُصُبُ لِينْكُولْن وَالْمُتَنَزَّهُ الْوَطَنِيُّ
حِينَ تُصْبِحُ النُّصُبُ فُصُولًا لِلتَّعْلِيمِ الْأَخْلَاقِيِّ
كَانَتْ «مَاعَت» فِكْرَةً مَرْكَزِيَّةً فِي مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ، وَتَشْمَلُ الْحَقَّ وَالْعَدْلَ وَالنِّظَامَ وَالتَّوَازُنَ وَالِانْسِجَامَ وَالسُّلُوكَ الْقَوِيمَ. وَكَانَتْ فَضِيلَةً شَخْصِيَّةً وَمَبْدَأً لِلْمُجْتَمَعِ مَعًا. وَكَانَ عَلَى الْحَاكِمِ أَنْ يَحْفَظَ مَاعَت؛ فَالسُّلْطَةُ الَّتِي تُنْتِجُ الظُّلْمَ وَالْفَسَادَ وَالْفَوْضَى تَفْشَلُ فِي مَسْؤُولِيَّتِهَا الْأَخْلَاقِيَّةِ.
يُقَدِّمُ نُصُبُ لِينْكُولْن مَكَانًا مَدَنِيًّا حَدِيثًا لِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأَسْئِلَةِ. تَصْمِيمُهُ يُونَانِيٌّ كِلَاسِيكِيٌّ وَلَيْسَ مِصْرِيًّا. وَتُمَثِّلُ أَعْمِدَتُهُ الدُّورِيَّةُ السِّتَّةُ وَالثَّلَاثُونَ وِلَايَاتِ الِاتِّحَادِ عِنْدَ وَفَاةِ لِينْكُولْن، وَيَحْفَظُ دَاخِلُهُ خِطَابَ غِيتِسْبِرْغ وَخِطَابَ التَّنْصِيبِ الثَّانِيَ. وَيَلْتَقِي الزَّائِرُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ عَنِ الِاتِّحَادِ وَالْحَرْبِ وَالتَّضْحِيَةِ وَالْعُبُودِيَّةِ وَالْمَسْؤُولِيَّةِ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ.
وَيَمُدُّ الْمُتَنَزَّهُ الْوَطَنِيُّ هَذِهِ التَّجْرِبَةَ فِي مَشْهَدٍ مَدَنِيٍّ مُتَتَابِعٍ. فَنُصُبُ وَاشِنْطُن وَنُصُبُ الْحَرْبِ الْعَالَمِيَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَحَوْضُ الِانْعِكَاسِ وَنُصُبُ فِيتْنَام وَكُورِيَا وَلِينْكُولْن وَالْمَتَاحِفُ تَصْنَعُ رِحْلَةً عَبْرَ التَّأْسِيسِ وَالصِّرَاعِ وَالْخِدْمَةِ وَالْفَقْدِ وَالْمُسَاوَاةِ وَالتَّجَدُّدِ.
لِذَلِكَ تَسْتَحِقُّ النُّصُبُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الصُّوَرِ. فَهِيَ تَدْعُونَا إِلَى السُّؤَالِ: مَا الْعَدْلُ؟ وَمَاذَا تَتَطَلَّبُ الْحُرِّيَّةُ؟ وَكَيْفَ يَسْتَخْدِمُ الْقَادَةُ السُّلْطَةَ؟ وَكَيْفَ تَذْكُرُ الْأُمَّةُ إِخْفَاقَاتِهَا كَمَا تَذْكُرُ نَجَاحَاتِهَا؟
الصَّفْحَةُ ١٠ الْمَاءُ وَالْمَعْرِفَةُ وَالْحُضُورُ الْمِصْرِيُّ
مِنَ النِّيلِ إِلَى بُوتُومَاك
الْأَنْهَارُ وَالْمَتَاحِفُ وَحِفْظُ التَّجْرِبَةِ الْإِنْسَانِيَّةِ
لَا يُمْكِنُ فَهْمُ مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ مِنْ دُونِ النِّيلِ؛ فَقَدْ دَعَمَ الزِّرَاعَةَ وَالنَّقْلَ وَالِاسْتِقْرَارَ وَالِاتِّصَالَ وَإِيقَاعَ التَّجَدُّدِ. وَلِنَهْرِ بُوتُومَاك تَارِيخٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَاعَدَ فِي تَحْدِيدِ مَوْقِعِ وَاشِنْطُن وَنُمُوِّهَا وَتِجَارَتِهَا وَهُوِيَّتِهَا. وَيُذَكِّرُنَا النَّهْرَانِ بِأَنَّ الْحَضَارَاتِ تَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى الْمَشَاهِدِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ.
وَيَصْنَعُ الْمَاءُ الِانْعِكَاسَ. فَحَوْضُ الِانْعِكَاسِ يَرْبِطُ بَصَرِيًّا بَيْنَ نُصُبِ لِينْكُولْن وَنُصُبِ وَاشِنْطُن، وَتُوحِي الصُّورَةُ الْمُنْعَكِسَةُ بِتَأَمُّلٍ آخَرَ: أَنْ نَرَى الْأُمَّةَ كَمَا هِيَ، وَنَتَفَكَّرَ فِيمَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ. وَفِي الْفِكْرِ الْمِصْرِيِّ ارْتَبَطَ الْمَاءُ بِالْخَلْقِ وَالْخِصْبِ وَالتَّجَدُّدِ.
وَيَمُدُّ سِمِيثْسُونِيَان هَذِهِ الرِّحْلَةَ عَبْرَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ. فَهُوَ لَيْسَ مَعْبَدًا قَدِيمًا، وَلَكِنَّ مَتَاحِفَهُ تَحْفَظُ الْأَشْيَاءَ وَالْأَدِلَّةَ وَالْعِلْمَ وَالْفَنَّ وَالذَّاكِرَةَ الثَّقَافِيَّةَ. وَيَضُمُّ مَعْرِضُ «الْحَيَاةُ الْأَبَدِيَّةُ فِي مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ» مَوْمِيَاوَاتٍ بَشَرِيَّةً وَحَيَوَانِيَّةً وَأَوَانِيَ وَحُلِيًّا وَأَدَوَاتٍ وَقِطَعًا أُخْرَى.
لِكُلِّ أَثَرٍ مِصْرِيٍّ فِي وَاشِنْطُن تَارِيخَانِ: حَيَاتُهُ فِي مِصْرَ الْقَدِيمَةِ، وَحَيَاتُهُ الْحَدِيثَةُ فِي الْمُتْحَفِ. وَالْمُومْيَاءُ لَيْسَتْ شَيْئًا غَرِيبًا لِلْمُشَاهَدَةِ فَقَطْ؛ بَلْ تَطْرَحُ أَسْئِلَةً عَنِ الْهُوِيَّةِ وَالْجَسَدِ وَالرُّوحِ وَالْمَوْتِ وَالْحِفْظِ وَالْحَيَاةِ الْأَبَدِيَّةِ.
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