From (appropriately) Business Insider:-

The ancient Egyptians, arguably the world's most famous 'pagans' didn't have 10,000 saints, but they probably had that many gods and goddesses, if we added up all the individual household deities, the village ones, the town ones, the city ones, and the nome or provincial ones, not to mention the favorites of the national ruler, the Pharaoh, who was the Chief High Priest, and also the patron of the biggest and richest temples in the land. A land where the largest temple had thousands of acres of land, vast herds of cattle, and a priesthood that included many of the rich & famous as well as the working clerics who collected the offerings, and shared part of the spoils among themselves.

Those temples were grand and gilded palaces with vast and impressive columns and tall stelae in the forecourt recounting memorable events, to impress the throngs awaiting the start of ceremonies.... Does any of this seem familiar by any chance?

Ah, if only those ancient Pharaohs could see what we've done with their main act.... the only part we haven't yet copied and improved on is the part with the nearly naked dancing girls and their accompanying musicians....but give us time. We've already got young priests dancing in the streets, so it shouldn't be too long now. Maybe next year, we can combine this with Rio's 'Carnaval'.... Then, the show would be complete!