During the period of decline of ancient Egyptian political power and classical civilization, in the 7th–6th centuries BC, when the primordial cosmic order maintained by the pharaohs – the harmony of divine powers and the human world – collapsed, the country's society was gripped by a kind of "Egyptomania" epidemic. Attempts were made to restore archaic fashions, ancient customs, and elements of lifestyle.
During the period of decline of ancient Egyptian political power and classical civilization, in the 7th–6th centuries BC, when the primordial cosmic order maintained by the pharaohs – the harmony of divine powers and the human world – collapsed, the country's society was gripped by a kind of "Egyptomania" epidemic. Attempts were made to restore archaic fashions, ancient customs, and elements of lifestyle.