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Lastly, the Egyptians did keep extensive records, but they were also very effective at censoring anything potentially embarrassing, like a successful escape by a group of indentured servants. Plus, if the theory that the Israelite presence in Egypt was in some way affiliated with the Hyksos conquest of Egypt, then it should be borne in mind that the Hyksos conquest brought the Middle Kingdom to an end, and interrupted the functioning of government and regular record-keeping. Lastly, even if records were made at the time, it would not necessarily follow that they would still exist today. Plenty of documents probably did not survive the past three millennia, and it is likely that the documents we do possess represent only a fraction of those produced; certainly, plenty of the ones we do possess are damaged or fragmentary.
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Lastly, the Egyptians did keep extensive records, but they were also very effective at censoring anything potentially embarrassing, like a successful escape by a group of indentured servants. Plus, if the theory that the Israelite presence in Egypt was in some way affiliated with the Hyksos conquest of Egypt is correct, then it should be borne in mind that the Hyksos conquest brought the Middle Kingdom to an end, and interrupted the functioning of government and regular record-keeping. Lastly, even if records were made at the time, it would not necessarily follow that they would still exist today. Plenty of documents probably did not survive the past three millennia, and it is likely that the documents we do possess represent only a fraction of those produced; certainly, plenty of the ones we do possess are damaged or fragmentary.
