Egypt–Greece relations
Egypt–Greece relations
Egypt–Greece relations refer to bilateral relations between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hellenic Republic, due to the strong cultural and historical ties between the two nations, Egypt and Greece today enjoy friendly relations. Modern diplomatic relations between the two countries were established after Greece gained its independence in 1830, and are today regarded as cordial. Both countrie
"It was the belief of the Greeks that many elements of their civilization had come to them from Egypt… [I]n Egypt the Greeks acquired many new skills in pottery, textiles, metalworking, and ivory; there, as well as from the Assyrians. Phoenicians, and Hittites, Greek sculptors took the style of their early statues…Second to Egypt’s was the influence of Phoenicia…"
"Almost all the names of the gods came into Greece from Egypt. .. Besides these which have been here mentioned, there are many other practices. . . which the Greeks have borrowed from Egypt....it seems to me a sufficient proof of this that in Egypt these practices have been established from remote antiquity, while in Greece they are only recently known."
