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When i was 13 years old in 7th grade a very long time ago, there was a poster on our classroom wall that was the History of Mathematics. The first square had a Ancient Egyptian guy. He looked just like ME.
I went to a very racist school and I was the only little Black boy in the class. We went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We looked up at the statues and pictures and I thought to myself and the others around me said. These Ancient Egyptian guys look just like ME.
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quote:Originally posted by Red, White, and Blue + Christian: My skin is the color of Peanut Butter with Paprika mixed in.
When I was in that 7th grade we had "Sex Education". This is what boys have and this is what girls have.
The first girl I was attracted to was Mexican American, but she had white skin. No touching. I was only 13.
What would she look like as a grown woman?
You have been on this forum longer than me Red and I know that they have already informed about what ancient Egyptians used as symbolic color for women. So know the woman in the picture probably wouldn't have looked at all like Demi Moore even though she is part American Indian. Furthermore, long forearms like that aren't found on "white" individuals plain and simple.
And if you can not tell the difference between Ray Nagin and the color of the Armenian looking bust of Tut commissioned by Zahi Hawass than you are definitely untrustworthy as an "eyeball anthropologist." Posts: 4226 | From: New Jersey, USA | Registered: Mar 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Red, White, and Blue + Christian: When I became an adult, went back to Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan and saw these Ancient Egyptian statues and pics again.
They are having a King Tut exhibit here in New York to finish the American tour.
I hope you do make it to visit the King Tut exhibit so that you could see how the real Tut was displayed and how the commissioned bust is painted nearly white lighter than Zahi and not tan like they have in your photo!
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quote:Originally posted by dana marniche: You have been on this forum longer than me Red and I know that they have already informed about what ancient Egyptians used as symbolic color for women.
You would think by now... Posts: 4254 | From: dasein | Registered: Jun 2009
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quote:Originally posted by Red, White, and Blue + Christian: Well, my eyes aren't perfect. But, at least I tried to describe myself. You are right been on this forum much to long and have to go for good.
Mariah Carey's mom is a blond EuroAmerican. Her father is a black man from South America. She looks like what she is.
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obviously some some kind of mixing going on right MOM?
The artistic canon of representing men as red brown and woman as yellowish white especially in the old kingdom has been noted by Egyptologists and dates back to the Saharan neolithic culture.
So no - it is not at all an indication of "mixing" - especially when it is obvious both of the figures have paint fading off of them.
Egyptologist Frank Yurco stated, "In utilizing Egyptian reliefs and paintings to assess ethnicity and racial characteristics, a cautionary note is in order. In the Old Kingdom period (c. 2755–2230 B.C.E.), artistic canons governed the color for people shown in statuary, relief work and painting. Reddish brown was used for men, yellowish white for women." From the article - Were the Ancient Egyptians Black or White, by Frank Yurco BAR 15:05.
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From what I remember. The color scheme in the OK is because women were regaurded as the weaker sex so they were mainly painted in Yellow. I remember seeing a painting of Egyptian males going through circumcsion that were also painted in yellow to show them as weaker then the Men who were already circumsized. I found the pic so you can compare and overstand:
Notice the light skin of the Boys to the men. Lion this pic is also for you too.
lions obsession with Egyptians mixing is just getting out of hand. I am really thinking of just ignoring her/him posts. There is no value in them just talk that was refuted earlier by Mind and others.
Peace
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From what I remember. The color scheme in the OK is because women were regaurded as the weaker sex so they were mainly painted in Yellow. I remember seeing a painting of Egyptian males going through circumcsion that were also painted in yellow to show them as weaker then the Men who were already circumsized. I found the pic so you can compare and overstand:
Notice the light skin of the Boys to the men. Lion this pic is also for you too.
lions obsession with Egyptians mixing is just getting out of hand. I am really thinking of just ignoring her/him posts. There is no value in them just talk that was refuted earlier by Mind and others.
Peace
Peace toyou too. but I am sure you are wrong about women being thought to be weaker in Old Kingdom Egypt. Supposedly it has something to do with the relationship of women to the Moon. I think you should show sources. Of women being thought to be weaker in ancient Afro-Asiatic culture.
Probably someone else can help us out with the facts.
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^ Actually I've heard from other writings that the yellow or golden color is related to Hathor as the Golden Lady or other solar aspects. Either way, the yellowish convention for women was not always the case as there are plenty of paintings where women were portrayed just as dark or in some cases darker than the men.
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^It is entirely possible that lighter colors were used simply to "Visually" differentiate between subjects in a painting. This would be appropriate when there was no particular religious aspect to the scene. (circumcision was not just about religion, it was a practical thing about cleanliness.
Which really wasn't necessary for them, since they washed often.)
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