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'New' clues from thesis, including Nekht Ankh's Mtdna and yellow skin color in art
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [qb] [QUOTE]Based on artistic depictions, it is true that in the Old Kingdom, “Egyptian men were depicted as reddish brown, women yellow and people living in the south black.”176 Some Afrocentrists by relating this to other African practices, convincingly propose [b]that the color symbolism was related to the ancient Egyptian religious conceptualization of the cycle of life and death. The paint consisted of red ochre, an oxide of iron and a vegetable gum binder. The paint probably signified the “blood of life” encompassed in the male and the yellow represented “fertility” encompassed in the female.[/b] The ancient Egyptian society was patriarchal and the economy was based primarily on agricultural fertility. These implications of color symbolism may then hold ground. Furthermore, [b]the goddess Hathor, who was believed to give birth to the yellow sun everyday, was considered the “patroness of women.”[/b][/QUOTE][/qb][/QUOTE]I would like to know exactly which African practices she's referring to, though it's definitely a more compelling explanation than the orthodox suntanning hypothesis. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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