I totally forgot one, now I remember
when I started teaching I didn't know much about the history of belly dance, only from what I heard from my teachers and from the articles I could get. So of course I taught my students the same. Now probably there was just not much known or maybe my teachers were not properly informed but they always taught students that belly dance was at least 2000 years old. I did believe it because my grandparents took a picture of a statue in a museum and that statue is more than 2000 years old. That statue really looks like that of a belly dancer, with one hip lifted and her arms gracefully above her head.
I only was able to learn more about the history through internet and trough magazines from other countries. Quite shameful!!!!!!