Question:
Ancient Egypt, black?
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Ancient Egypt, black?
Sixteen answers:
BLACK LOVE
2008-11-28 14:06:47 UTC
ancient egypt was a black civilization consisting a majority populace of blacks of course. reason there is a debate is because the true african origin of egypt (Kemet) has been diminished and covered when it's well documented.
Marvin the Martian
2008-11-28 13:58:52 UTC
Talawah, I'd advise you do not ask this question. I've come to the conclusion that you can never persuade a bigot who thinks that Africa has contributed nothing to the world.



I am glad to say however, that I know at least one individual out there knows his history. For a brief moment I thought I was turning into a nutjob.



Edit: And last thing I'd like to say! This question is slowly expiring. The new thing in debate is whether Somalians and Egyptians are "Caucasians" lol. They won't give up!
2008-11-28 14:00:36 UTC
The ancient egpytians said that their acestral homeland is in puntland... which is in modern day Somalia.

The pictures of them have long necks, high foreheads, brown-tan complextions, and long and slender bodies. Which describes ethiopians and somalis...



I think that just says it all.

and to the idiots who say "arabs" are egpytians because they live there now is like saying native americans were white because of the people living here today.



edit:

Marvin-

Jesus christ lol, somalis consider themselves BLACK.

we don't think we have white features, we believe the whites got their features from US.
OverRuled23
2008-11-28 16:10:16 UTC
I say paintings and sculptures don't lie as to Ancient Egyptians being Black; the preserved bust of Queen Nefertiti's one example.



That, and other sculptures, i.e. King Tut's sarcophogus(sp) cover, is where I rest my case.
Auggie
2008-11-28 14:44:12 UTC
I agree with Deeyanna white features started in Africa. I study a lot.

But my dna says I have Egyptian, I also have some other parts of Africa and Iran. All very close together and my Iran friend said that Iran was once part of Africa back then also. In my opinion I believe Somalians have Iran dna and African. But Egypt is black, Africans come in all shades too.









Also old Egypt art has dark skinned rulers and brown skinned people. Few where white skin. Again Africans come in many shades and I met three pale ones so far!
Judicator
2008-11-28 14:03:43 UTC
Everything works in a spectrum, the further away from the equator the lighter you are, the closer the darker.



So from that, my guess would be that the original people would be a light brown or just brown. I also suppose we can look at other people who lived at the same latitude and guess from that.



Overall though I could care less if they were considered black or not, they accomplished a lot
brother_in_magic
2008-11-30 03:08:55 UTC
Please could you then explain why there are differences in the depictions of people on the Egyptian monuments (have you ever been to Egypt and seen these things yourself??)

And also--scientifically please--could you tell me how it is possible that Ramses II can have red hair and pointed caucasian features,and MOST importantly, his dna is type H which is a European haplogroup?
jerry
2016-10-08 22:43:45 UTC
Originally yes, but after all those conquests, not anymore.
2014-02-19 13:25:41 UTC
ancient egypt not black they are close to arab open pic
lalu212
2008-11-28 21:14:47 UTC
Yes, the ancient Egyptians were black. There is still an indigenous black Egyptian population there but the descendants of Arab settlers largely outnumber them. Many people try to downplay or falsify the achievements of blacks. It's kind of foolish to believe that ancient Egyptians were white so many people try to pass ancient Egyptians as Arabs. There is so much proof that the Egyptians were descended from the people of the Punt (modern-day Puntland, located in Somalia). Just look at the paintings, literature, and research of historians. People can try to deny it all they want but it's the truth. Don't let yourself be swayed by people who try to tell you otherwise.
2016-04-09 14:10:00 UTC
No. They were the same colour as they are today. However there was a period from 750-650BC where a dynasty of black Pharaohs ruled upper and lower egypt. They came from the kingdom of Kush, in present day Sudan. Egypt had invaded Kush a few hundred years earlier but it was in a depression, weakening both militarily and economically. On the other hand Kush was rich as it was in between Egypt and the sub-saharan tribes so anyone wanting to trade would have to pass through Kush first. It was also rich in gold and ivory, both of which Egypt lacked. So in 750BC king Kashta took his chance and sailed down the nile with an army. The Egyptians put up very little resistance and thus the Black Pharaohs came to power. They ruled well and managed to sort out many internal affairs in Egypt but only 100 years later a much better trained Assyrian army took over Egypt. The Kushites retreated back to Nubia and ruled until the 3rd century AD when they were destroyed by the Ethiopian Aksum Kingdom.
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2016-01-24 18:06:26 UTC
Have you forgotten about the Knights Templar who brought back statues in the 12th century od the Black Madonna--Virgin Mary.? They considered her wisdom beyond that of Jesus'. Churches built by Templars in the 14 th century focus on Virgin Mary and they cherished her and the catholic church feared her.

In some cases Black Madonnas are the oldest of statues. Often Catholic churches and cathedrals were built



For example at Chartres Cathedral near Paris the original statues now worshipped as Black Madonnas
...............
2008-11-28 15:59:18 UTC
No.



Egyptians were [and still are] early Caucasians people (as well as their cousins Berbers : native people of N.Africa) who lived in actual Egypt..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa

The climate of North Africa is completely different from the rest of Africa ..example: the people's places are moutains,big green forests and streams .



North Africa was predominally peopled by Egyptians and Berbers semi-nomadic people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbers



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubians

Nubians were a another people who actually lived in Southern Egypt -North Sudan..They were influenced by the Egyptians but Had never been Egyptians ...Egyptians made the difference between them and the Nubians : as well in their texts and in their paintings!

Blacks people originated from Sub-Sahara Africa ...there werent any Black people who passed the Sahara desert..
a.aleshea
2008-11-28 14:19:32 UTC
Kemet is an african name so yes, egypt was black but hwite still contributed to the world.
2008-11-28 15:03:34 UTC
Edit: Egypt is in africa but is part of the middle east and they are arabs
2008-11-28 13:57:54 UTC
Egypt was a mixed race society with equality between the races. The majority of the people were of semitic or semitic/caucasoid mix stock and there were a significant numbers of blacks.


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