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According to Rushton the Ancient Egyptians were not Black
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dead: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by lamin: [qb] [QUOTE][b]I don't think scholars from either discipline can say conclusively what skin color the Ancient Egyptians had.[/b][/QUOTE]Would that observation also apply to the Ancient Greeks and Romans? After all, both groups are practically at continental crossroads too. [/qb][/QUOTE]The Greeks and Romans left plenty of literature describing their (average) complexion. The Egyptians left almost nothing, other than the [i]Hymn to Aten[/i]: "The Egyptian texts almost never mention the colour the skin in their descriptions [...] The 'Hymn to Aten' is just saying about races of mankind - that their skin is different without giving further clarifications." (Froment, 1991) However since this ancient hymn contrasts the colour of the Nubian to the Egyptian, it is clear the peoples of Egypt did not consider themselves to be black. If the Egyptians were dark brown they would not have bothered to contrast their skin to the Nubians. This would be like a German contrasting their pale complexion to a Norwegian, when they are virtually indistinguishable. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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