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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Archeopteryx: [QB] How dark must a people have been to be called "black" by the ancient authors? Here are some types of people that can be seen in the Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (No 3) today. One can notice that all these skin colors are in fact represented in ancient Egyptian art, but in varying degree. There are more variations, this is only a sample. [IMG]https://i.ibb.co/6RJ48cf/Averages-numb.jpg[/IMG] When it comes to areas outside Africa. Here is a reconstruction of a man from what is today Israel during the time of Jesus. It is based on three skulls from the area. One can notice he is not snow white either. One can wonder how he would be described. The color of the reconstruction is based partly on ancient artwork and partly from now living populations in the Levant. [IMG]https://i.ibb.co/wLx7QHq/Jew-Jesus-time.jpg[/IMG] Today some people consider "black" being of a West African/ African American type. But the use of black can have varied. Here is a comparison A person from todays Israel, relatively dark, compared with an African American. [IMG]https://i.ibb.co/wd1S2Xg/Will-smith-and-Negev-Bedouin.png[/IMG] Today when many Westerners hear the word "black" they often imagine a person who looks something like the one below, a person with a more stereotypical West African look. It is doubtful that ancient Israel or ancient Greek, or ancient Colchis would have seen many people with this special phenotype. [IMG]https://i.ibb.co/rv1jkM4/Lebron-2.jpg[/IMG] So which specific types of black people did some of the ancient authors talk about? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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