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Osirion, 1000%. It's theme park Egypt, complete with the Mummy's Mask AP from 1e.
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Not to mention the presence of the Egyptian pantheon (before they were banished [back to Earth?] during the Godsrain)...
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Osirion is kinda a hybrid between the Ptolemaic and Mamluk periods of Egyptian history, and has plenty of pyramids and tomb complexes you can set a story in. As has been mentioned, Mummy's Mask is an entire six-book adventure set in Osirion, though you don't get to your first real pyramid until well into the adventure.
Why Ptolemaic? I would've assumed that's the era that's missing the most, since there's no parallel to Hellenistic conquest in Osirion's lore, but you seem more well-versed in Egyptian history than I am.
(I feel like there's also a bit of modern Egypt in there with the sort of nationalistic reclaiming of its ancient history, but that doesn't contradict anything else)
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Why Ptolemaic? I would've assumed that's the era that's missing the most, since there's no parallel to Hellenistic conquest in Osirion's lore, but you seem more well-versed in Egyptian history than I am.
(I feel like there's also a bit of modern Egypt in there with the sort of nationalistic reclaiming of its ancient history, but that doesn't contradict anything else)
I always thought that if you were really desperate for Ptolemaic / Christian Egypt, then the influence of the Inner Sea Gods would be a good proxy for these.
But that's really getting in the weeds.
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Why Ptolemaic? I would've assumed that's the era that's missing the most, since there's no parallel to Hellenistic conquest in Osirion's lore, but you seem more well-versed in Egyptian history than I am.
I say Ptolemaic because of the parallels of a newly-independent dynasty of Pharaohs focussed on modernising along international lines. You also have the fusion of old culture and new, and an economic and military renaissance - the Ptolemaic Period until shortly before the Roman conquest was a decent time for Egypt after being carved off from the Persian empire, even if it was dominated by a new Greek or at least a Hellenised elite class. Khemet I and the Forthbringer restoration aren't really equivalent to the Greeks, but the dynamism of the time feels like it is.
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Why Ptolemaic? I would've assumed that's the era that's missing the most, since there's no parallel to Hellenistic conquest in Osirion's lore, but you seem more well-versed in Egyptian history than I am.I say Ptolemaic because of the parallels of a newly-independent dynasty of Pharaohs focussed on modernising along international lines. You also have the fusion of old culture and new, and an economic and military renaissance - the Ptolemaic Period until shortly before the Roman conquest was a decent time for Egypt after being carved off from the Persian empire, even if it was dominated by a new Greek or at least a Hellenised elite class. Khemet I and the Forthbringer restoration aren't really equivalent to the Greeks, but the dynamism of the time feels like it is.
I dunno, I feel like you could just use the UAR period? Obviously there was no pretension at pharaohnism on the part of Nasser or the ASU, but equally it was a period of national reassertion and repudiation of foreign rule as opposed to one of domination of the country by an ethnically segregated foreign clique?
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Ptolemaic / Christian EgyptCome again? The Ptolemies were a couple generations gone by the time Christianity was a thing, never mind a predominant thing, in Egypt.
I'm thinking of when Egypt came permanently under the sway of foreign imperials... macedonians, romans, etc.
there's historical continuity, but also unmistakable foreign influence
ultimately, eh. doesn't really matter too much. make it your own place.
I dunno, I feel like you could just use the UAR period? Obviously there was no pretension at pharaohnism on the part of Nasser or the ASU, but equally it was a period of national reassertion and repudiation of foreign rule as opposed to one of domination of the country by an ethnically segregated foreign clique?
I'm prepared to admit I may simply be seeing what I want to see. One of my great interests is the ancient Mediterranean, particularly Ancient Egypt. But that's the phase that I have been drawing on for my campaign, and my players seem to find it rewarding enough.