That’s quite absurd, obviously. Of course people in Egypt have
iPhones. I’ve never been there but I have no doubt that Egypt is a
modern country possessed of all the paraphernalia of life in the modern world.
It’s just that we don’t think of it that way.
We don’t associate Egypt with iPhones; we associate it
with pyramids, pharaohs, Queen Cleopatra and vengeful mummies. Of all the civilisations
in all the world, none has quite the enduring sense of mystery and romance as
ancient Egypt,
at least to the western mind. Which leads me to suggest that maybe Egypt’s history
is jut too good for its own good.
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