Ancient Egypt: The Past was not Primitive | Session 15, 2026 Kolbe Center Conference
Called up for Desert Storm six weeks after finishing his doctorate, a Navy entomologist was posted to Cairo and spent his weekends in the wadis looking at what the ancient Egyptians had built. He has never been able to call them primitive since.
Dr. Kenneth Stein served with US Naval Medical Research Unit Three in Cairo and has given presentations on the science of ancient Egypt for years. For this talk, which he says took more preparation than any he has ever given, he added a new dimension: the Egyptians’ relationship with their Creator. He covers the geography and climate of the Nile valley, the Old and New Kingdoms, the media’s human-origins stories, life-on-other-planets claims, the fossil record and the flood traditions of the region. The engineering, medicine and ecology of ancient Egypt reveal a people every bit as intelligent as we are, which is exactly what a recent creation would predict.
In this talk:
- How a Desert Storm deployment led to a lifelong study of Egypt
- Geography, climate and the Nile
- Fossils, flood stories and the Egyptian memory of the Deluge
- Why primitive is the wrong word for the pyramid builders
About the speaker: Dr. Kenneth J. Stein holds graduate degrees in entomology from The Ohio State University and Virginia Tech. A retired Commander in the US Navy Reserve who served as a medical planner for the US Marine Corps, he conducted extensive scientific research in the Middle East and Africa on organisms of public-health importance. He is the author of two medical crime thrillers, writes science textbooks for Seton Home Study School, and is an elected member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.
This talk was given at the 2026 Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation Leadership Retreat, held July 3-9, 2026. The Kolbe Center is a Catholic apostolate dedicated to proclaiming the truth about the origins of man and the universe, in fidelity to Sacred Scripture, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, and the constant teaching of the Magisterium.
