Seems like a bit an exaggeration. The Coptic Language is a dying/dead minority language in modern Egypt while modern Italian is pretty much just Vulgar Latin.
For example here's Egyptian written in hieratic (cursive hieroglyphs written on paper)[0] compared to modern Egyptian Arabic[1]. Now compare pompeii inscriptions [2] to modern Italian graffiti[3].
For example here's Egyptian written in hieratic (cursive hieroglyphs written on paper)[0] compared to modern Egyptian Arabic[1]. Now compare pompeii inscriptions [2] to modern Italian graffiti[3].
[0] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_page_from_the_Eb...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Arabic#Sample_text
[2] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54149/54149-h/images/illo065...
[3] https://c7.alamy.com/comp/H7ER3R/italian-graffiti-ill-love-y...