A fable for our time.

Criticizes the legacy of Martin Bernal's book 'Black Athena,' which claimed that much of classical Western civilization was derived from ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East. The book's assertions of racism and anti-Semitism on the part of Western civilization; Chronological difficulties with the book's thesis of a Stolen Legacy; Role of the 18th-century French historical novel 'Sethos,' by Abbe Jean Terrasson, in establishing the idea of a stolen legacy; Contention of reverse racism stemming from 'Black Athena'.