is ancient egyption love poetry the same as our conception of romantic love?

Answer 1

as a non-historian of any kind, I'd say yes. I've found that as you go back in history, the same basic concepts that make up a good story still exist. look at Homer's writings in ancient Greece. Romantic love is one of those story concepts that stay pretty constant through all the ages. (along with a power struggle).

I've heard a really facinating explination for this consistancy, but it's kind'a long to explain and I'd probably get jumped on for it, so let's just say it was pretty interesting.