I SPENT MY FIRST MORNING AT THE MUSEUM LOOKING AT THE WORKS OF ART, TAKING NOTES ON THE MEN WHO FOUNDED THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF THE NILE VALLEY. THIS WAS NOT AN AMATEUR ARCHAEOLOGIST’S INTEREST; IT IS IMPORTANT FOR AFRICAN NATIONALISTS TO BE ARMED WITH EVIDENCE TO CONTRADICT THE FICTITIOUS CLAIMS OF WHITES THAT AFRICANS DO NOT HAVE A CIVILIZED PAST COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE WEST. IN ONE MORNING ALONE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE EGYPTIANS HAD CREATED GREAT WORKS OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE AT A TIME WHEN WHITES WERE STILL LIVING IN CAVES.