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[QUOTE]Originally posted by neo*geo: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Masreyya: [QB]And yet, that doesn't say anything about the depiction of the women on Mentuhotep II's wife's tomb which is dated to the 11th dynasty before any significant contact with Palestine took place, and who at any rate look exactly like all portrayals of Egyptian women since the Old Kingdom.[/QUOTE]When I posted paintings of of Egyptian women having the same reddish-brown skin color as the men, you wrote them all off as being from around Thebes. Being that Mentuhotep II ruled Egypt from Thebes, by your own logic it is even less likely that the yellow skin color of the servants in that painting was realistic. The Middle Kingdom is really where Asiatics began to move into Egypt in larger numbers but even before there was mass migration of the Palestinian types into Egypt, the Pharoahs would bring women from all over the known world into their harems or to work as servants. Sometimes women would be given as tribute from other kingdoms. I understand the point you're trying to make but scientifically, it makes no rational sense that women of the same ethnicity as their male counterparts are generally lighter in complexion. No one here is saying that there were no native Egyptians of lighter tropical African features until later periods. As early as dynasties 4-5 we see evidence of this. However, dynasty 4 is interesting because there seems to be a mix of tropical African types with coastal north African types all in the same royal family. http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/portraiture/4d.htm (To see examples of dynasty 4) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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