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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by dana marniche: [qb] The word "Nigritai" comes from an Afro-Asiatic word for river and probably refers to the Wedh Draa area. The early Berbers of the Wed Regh and Wed Draa are the Darae Getuli of the ancient writers. Richmond Palmer also related the word to the word Taurud. I also had posted the below previously. "Among the Gaetules were a tribe Dari or Darae Gaetuli, there was also a stream called Daradae Ethiopus-i- '(DARAE were a Gaetulian tribe in the W. of Africa, on a mountain stream called Dara, on the S. steppes of M. Atlas, adjacent to the Pharusii. (Plin. V. 1: Oros. i. 2: Leo Afr. P. 602.)'" The Draa (Arabic: درأ) (also spelled Dra or Draâ, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara) is Morocco's longest river (1100 km). 'The inhabitants of the Draa are called Draawa (an exonym), the most famous Draawi undoubtedly being mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh. Outside of the Draa region this name is mostly used to refer to the dark skinned people of Draa which make up the largest portion of its inhabitants.' Retrieved May 13th 2008 from http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Draa-river " The reason the word Nigri or Niger came to be identified blackness is due the the appearance of these Berber peoples. [/qb][/QUOTE]Of course. It is a well established fact that the first Africans known to Europeans were North Africans just across the Mediterranean and most if not all were described as 'black'. It makes you wonder how in time Westerners only applied black to 'Sub-Saharans' but not North Africans anymore. [QUOTE][qb] [IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqhgr5.jpg[/IMG] What is your proof that these are three different peoples and if that is so why do they all have the same hairstyle. It looks to me as if one man just could have faded more than the others. The so-called Asiatic is the same color as Ramses. If the paint has been faded on Ramses (which it was) than the paint on the "Asiatic" and other person was also probably originally darker. [/qb][/QUOTE]The proof is based on three reasons. First, the three men all have different physical appearances and dress attire. The Kushite on the left is the darkest and while it may be somewhat difficult to see, he is wearing a leopard skin. The Asiatic in the middle is wearing clothing common to Asiatics and has a stereotypical hooked shaped nose common among West Semites and again while it may look like he and Ramses have the same complexion, Ramses actually has traces of much darker coloring while the Asiatic does not. As for the Libyan on the right, his paint seems to be the most faded and while his clothing may not be clear, he is wearing a long tunic common to Libyans. The second reason is that traditionally in Egyptian art when a pharaoh is smiting enemies, he is shown smiting a single man if he is engaged in war with a single people. If he is warring with more than one people, then a man of each group will be shown in the smiting scene. And lastly, the hieroglyphs on that Medinet Habu scene label the enemies. [QUOTE][qb] [IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/2lcoi78.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8172/unmaureoh1.jpg[/IMG] The resemblance in profiles between men in the photograph and men in the painting above is striking and fascinating. Wow, I think the man is a Berber of some sort, not sure if he is Tuareg. Whatever he is, you were right! He may be of the same stock as those ancient Libyans. I have seen this people before and we should try to find out what tribe he belongs to. [/qb][/QUOTE]According to the label in the picture he is Mauritanian but other than that, I have no idea what ethnicity. The pic was first posted by Takruri to compare him with pics of the white Libyans who have the same goatee and braided hair-style. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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