Pharaohnic rap??

In the July-August edition of Archaeology magazine’s article on discovery of a chantress’s tomb and Pharaohnic music: “Some scholars have suggested it may have sounded like an ancient ancestor of rap.”

Following that perspicacious statement is an example of lyrics, recorded on a temple wall in Luxor: “Hail, Amun-Re, the primeval one of two lands, foremost one of Karnak, in your glorious appearance, amidst your (river) fleet, in your beautiful Festival of Opet, may you be pleased with it.”

(Microphone sounds: Chh, chh, chh, chh, psst, psst, psst, and etc.)

Anybody who thinks the Luxor lyrics sound like "ancient ... rap," raise your hand. That's what I thought.

Here is Pharaohnic rap:

Moses go into Pharaoh hood,
Pharaoh don’t be treatin’ him good,
Brother Aaron throw down a stick,
S**t, Pharaoh’s sorcerers do that trick.
Make a snake.

Come on, Moses, tell me true,
You say I be listenin’ to you
Just ‘cause you a Jew?
Make a snake.