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The source is a Wikipedia article focusing on the historical ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Cesare Pugni in 1862. It details the ballet's origins, which were inspired by Théophile Gautier's Le Roman de la momie and the contemporary interest in Ancient Egypt. The article also provides a full synopsis of the dream-like plot, where an English lord on an African safari is transported into the past as the Egyptian Ta-Hor, who falls in love with the Pharaoh's daughter, Aspicia. Finally, the text traces the ballet's production history through various revivals, including Petipa's own stagings and later reconstructions by choreographers like Alexander Gorsky and Pierre Lacotte.