(not the OP) Have you ever read the works of Paul Brunton? I believe that somewhere in "A Search of Secret Egypt" he mentioned a story about during the decline of Ancient Egypt, as the priestly class was becoming more materialistic and corrupted, the gods withdrew. At/near the end, one scribe went to pray to a god for forgiveness as a last hope, but by then the gods had completely abandoned the ancient Egyptians to their fates.

I believe he also claimed to have slept overnight in the great pyramid and experienced very powerful djinn who were deliberately trapped in them millennia ago.

Are either of these possible/plausible?