Of Egypt

Lo, it was the days of the Old Kingdom, and the New Kingdom; the Upper Kingdom, and the Lower Kingdom, and maybe also the Middle Kingdom. That one's not as interesting, but whatever, it can come too.

So, these kingdoms were; and it was good. And the gods looked upon it - Bast, and Set, and Loki, and the FSM, and they did say: "Lo, we should make some gamble for the fate of these kingdoms, and the mastery of their greatest treasures: their pharaohs, their arts and sciences, their bounty and their everlasting monuments, that they might honor US." And they did bid with the coin of epochs, striving even for the manipulation of fellow gods, that they might be acclaimed greatest of the pantheon, masters of Ancient Egypt.

However, it turned out that gambling with the coin of epochs was sort of boring. The FSM was falling asleep throughout the age, Bast and Loki got into a screaming match, and it was all sort of a bit of a waste of time.

The Ancient Egyptians continued in their lives and histories, unaware of the doom that so nearly smote them unto ruination.