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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wally: [QB] [b]ausar , Moderator; posted 16 June, [i]2006[/b][/i] [QUOTE] There are similarities between ancient Egypt and modern Egypt in the folk customs of the rural Egyptians in both Lower and Upper Egypt. Actually, Hawass in a interview said the following about connections between ancient and modern Egyptians: [b]NOVA:[/b] Do most Egyptians today feel an ancestral link to the ancient Egyptians? [b]Hawass:[/b] Of course, because we are the descendants of the pharaohs. If you look at the faces of [b]the people of Upper Egypt[/b], the relationship between modern and ancient Egypt is very clear. Habits in the villages, our celebrations when we finish a project, are similar to what they had in ancient Egypt. After someone dies, we make a celebration after 40 days, just like the ancient Egyptians did during the mummification process. Everything in our lives is like ancient Egypt. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/hawass.html Not that I endorce everything Hawass does or says but he sometimes gets things right. **He is definitely wrong when he said that ancient Egypt did not have an African origin or was distinct from Africa. [b]In terms of phenotype I agree that most modern Egyptians are quite different than the ancient Egyptians. [/b]Modern Egyptians are comprised of many mixtures of people that came in and out of ancient Kmt. Most people tend to focus primiarly on the Arab elements being the most common but the truth is modern Egyptians probably have more Mameluke, Turkish, Greek, Berber and Armenian ancestry than Arabic. Remember Hawass is just giving his opinions on the matters and his job is simply to safeguard the pyramids and the antiquities of ancient Egypt. The following article mentions that Omar Sharif is an ethnic Egyptian when in reality he is an ethnic transplant from Lebanon. His family is of Lebanese origin not Egyptian. [/QUOTE]--- **(my comment) - because his family is allegedly of Lebanese origin? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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