Ancient Egyptian belonged to the Afro-Asiatic language family and was closely related to the languages of North Africa and the Semitic languages, such as Hebrew and Arabic.
This language remained in common use throughout the Ancient Egyptian Empire, only dying out around the 2nd century AD after ancient Egypt's fall, ending a lifespan of some 2,800 years. Among known written languages still in existence, it was the one that had been in use the longest.
Yet the words spoken by this man, over two meters tall, clad in heavy armor, with blue-gray skin, were in the most ancient form of Egyptian. According to research, it had roughly appeared before the 26th century BC—the language of the "Early Dynastic Period."
It predated the era of the Egyptian pharaohs and pyramids familiar to the world by seven or eight hundred years.
The Apocalypse followers surrounding the entrance to the collapsed cave and continuously kowtowing suddenly stopped their chanting, though no one knew who had begun it. One after another, they noticed their companions frozen in place, still kneeling as they turned to stare at the bizarre figure that had appeared in the courtyard.
Only after the last old man, whose teeth had mostly fallen out, ended his lengthy prayer did the youngest follower, the hook-nosed Sened, finally realize something. He crawled over the dirt and stones on his knees, his flushed face twisted with frenzy as he cried:
"En Sabah Nur! My lord, En Sabah Nur!"
Apocalypse looked coldly at the people rushing over to kneel around him. His eyes lowered as he listened to a few of their words, and his mouth tightened.
He uttered an obscure sentence whose meaning none of them understood.
His voice was low and soft, yet it poured clearly into every ear—and even every mind. Listening