By contrast, in India, the argument continues, such pharaonic ambition would not stand a chance.
Many of its pharaonic, Coptic Christian, Islamic and other artefacts have spent years in storage in the basement.
Today Egypt is peaceful, its prices are comparatively cheap, but its tourist industry, like its pharaonic temples, is in ruins.
South of the border, meanwhile, the beautiful game has been freshly tarnished by foul-mouthed, pharaonic players rather than business shenanigans.
So far, the younger Mr Mubarak's reformist image has not been enough to overcome Egyptians' resentment of his father's attempt at pharaonic succession.
The elder Mubarak, 82 and ailing, was not likely to run again, but the idea of pharaonic succession was more than most Egyptians could tolerate.
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The pastoralists took refuge in the Sahel, Saharan highlands and Nile Valley, where they gave rise to numerous African cultures, including that of Pharaonic Egypt.
Transforming the property into the ultra-luxe resort it is now was a Pharaonic undertaking, the sort of extreme effort (Formula 1 racing, parachute skiing) celebrated in the Red Bull magazine, Red Bulletin.
His recent dispute with the Louvre over Pharaonic steles thought to have been chipped from the walls of the 3, 200-year-old tomb of the cleric, Tetaki, resulted in ties being severed with the museum.
Neon lights and neo-pharaonic ironwork festooned the cityscape.
But the rumours had sparked an internet protest campaign to block any rituals "within the walls of the pyramid on November 11, 2011, " Atef Abu Zahab, the head of the Department of Pharaonic Archaeology, told AFP news agency.
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