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Gondor, as with everything else in the legenderium, is not based on one real-world culture alone. Yes, it was indeed like ancient Egypt in the ways Hobbit mentioned. But, as Mr. Anon mentioned, it also was heavily influenced by many other ancient cultures including the Byzantine Empire (especially in terms of Minas Tirith, which draws many key features from cities such as Constantinople) and the greater Roman Empire as well. It is both narrow-minded and altogether foolish to say that any feature in LOTR was inspired only by one thing, or to consider comparisons irrelevant because Tolkien never outright stated them.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 16:22, August 2, 2017 (UTC)