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[QUOTE]Originally posted by homeylu: [QB] Ausur if we're dealing with how to stop "whitewash" of Ancient Egypt, I don't see how this information you provided has helped any. It appears that you offered information to further "whitewash". For example, you posted [b]Elemental mapping showed a strongly heterogeneous distribution which can be related to mummification and cosmetic treatments.[/b] Black Africans are ethnically hetergoenous, with regards to hair texture, which is why I posted the photo of the Bishari people with "blondish hair, and dark skin" [b]Examining hair with a sensitive chemical technique called Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy, Wilson discovered that ***the strong bonds in the keratin --- the protein that makes up the hair --- were often weakened.*** 'This increased porosity raises the possibility of contamination,' he says. The team found hair that had been invaded by threads of fungus and in one case with iron salts from an iron coffin. UNQUOTE[/b] These chemicals only "straigtened" the hair, ("weakening of keratin bonds"-is used in African American hair relaxers) [b]Whether the conditions within the wood and plaster coffin contributed to accelerated color change, or whether this individual naturally had more phaeomelanin pigmentation in his hair is hard to say [/b] Hard to say? Obviously "inconclusive", so it offers no new evidence to the elimination of this "blonde Egyptian". Again, why I posted the photo of the Black Bishari with blondish hair. [b]Careful brushing later in the lab revealed the reddish eye lashes and eye brows, and even remnants of a 5 o'clock shadow on the chin. This is not to say that he was a true blonde. It is known that over time hair will turn blonde or reddish, but apparently only certain conditions[/b] Under what conditions? Why has this author avoided the obvious observation that I posted earlier " Two British anthropologists, Brothwell and Spearman, have found evidence of cortex keratin oxidation in ancient Egyptian hair. They held that the mummification process was responsible, because of the strong alkaline substance used. This resulted in the yellowing and browning of hair as well as the straightening effect." Sometimes arguments will be made to add to confusion over the color/texture of Egyptian Hair, but let there be no confusion that [b] chemicals alter hair color/texture[/b] And with that in mind the only way to determine the "ethnicity" of Egyptian mummy hair is through the technique I provided earlier-the science of trichology. After all we are talking about ethnicity, and not hair color. We've all seen those blonde Aborigines. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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