A loaded question here but I'll do my best to layout what I'm asking. I find it fascinating that we view Rome as a very, very early civilization, and the time period between ancient Egypt during pyramid construction and ancient Rome is a bigger gap than ancient Rome and now. How did the people of Egypt and Rome view Ancient Egypt around 2000-2500+BC?

Mainly in terms of religion, way of life, and political/religious structure (pharoah as a god)