Why no Egyptian Reenactment groups?

[M.H. White]

Offhand, I'd say look at it like this:

There aren't that many people interested enough in classical history to do reenacting. The hearts of those that are interested seem to be mostly captured by either Rome or Classical Greece. Others, like myself, might have interests in other areas, such as Egypt (I am captivated by the Macedonian war machine under Philip and Alexander), but end up doing Roman reenactment because its more economical, as well as more popular. The appeal of numbers is important. I don't really have much desire to get into Greek reenacting right now because of the very small numbers of reenactors involved. I've never seen more than 6 or 8 guys dressed up as hoplites, and frankly I'd feel a bit silly walking about in a phalanx of anything less than 30. My wildest dream involves getting a full cohort of Romans together, but I'm afraid I'll never see that day. Actually, my wildest dream is to be riding in a sizeable (80-100?) group of guys dressed up as Companion calvary alongside a phalanx of several hundred phalangites, but the full cohort is at least faintly possible.

Then there's also the issue of having much more to go on with all things Roman.

Summary: Number of people interested, less information available, and the ease of getting into other reenacting endeavors.