Answer:
Egyptian civilization may seem too distant to relate to modern circumstances, but universal themes of love and strife found in Egyptian writing show a world not dissimilar from our own.
Explanation:
The above sentence is the best that expresses the central idea of the passage.
From the passage, we see that the passage talks about Ancient Egyptians and the events of modern times that seem to be different from what was experienced in Ancient Egypt.
The above selected sentence reveals that despite the fact that what took place in Egyptian civilization may seem far to relate to the modern occurrences and situations. But the author further reveals that a look at the Egyptian literature, shows that the events between those two eras are not dissimilar.
