Modern Egyptians are, as far as I'm aware, descended from Ancient Egyptians, and likely the majority of the population has been Coptic for millennia. Yes, the r

Modern Egyptians are, as far as I'm aware, descended from Ancient Egyptians, and likely the majority of the population has been Coptic for millennia. Yes, the ruling class has shifted from Egyptian to Macedonian to Roman to Arab to various Turkic groups before shifting to Egyptian Arabic. But the modern culture is a fusion of the Coptic culture with the Arab cultures, in much the same way that modern English culture is a fusion of Anglo-Saxon with Norman culture. It's not the same case as North Macedonia, where it's recognized that the Slavic Macedonians are a separate group that replaced the Hellenic Macedonians (of which Alexander was a part).