Pharaonic civilization has long fascinated the imagination of modern man.
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However, other cultures (Byzantine, Roman, Islamic and Coptic) developed along the Nile and helped shape Egypt's identity.
Who exactly are the Egyptians of today? Can we say with certainty that they are descended from the pharaohs?
If there is continuity, the answer remains complex because this country at the crossroads of multiple influences remains torn between ancestral traditions and an irreversible march towards modernity.
A film by Valérie Girié, Guillaume Hecht