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Is Kmtian wavy and straight hair the only trait not shared with Ancient Nubians?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by HabariTess: [qb]I have to say though, what kind of hair the general Ancient Egyptians have is still an on going mystery to me, though I'm leaning towards them having curly to kinky hair. I have no problem with believing that they had straight to wavy hair, but some things just don't add up though. I remember you saying Swenet how many North African populations have straight to wavy hair and that it would not have been so if the African population in which many of them shared blood, did not also possess such hair, because if you look at many admixed populations with Africans with kinky hair, you will see kinky hair naturally pop up in those populations. With that said, many present day Egyptians do share that curly to kinky hair that many admixed Afro Americans have, so doesn't that suggest that the Ancient Egyptians also shared that hair texture? If not, where did the kinky hair come from in modern Egyptians. If Ausar, an Egyptian himself, also claim that wavy and straight hair isn't common among Egyptians today, isn't that even more proof of a curly to kinky Ancient Egypt? Also, what of the chemicals that was said to straighten hair during the mummification process? If that is so than how do we know of the pictures of the mummies we have now is their natural hair texture? When I look at the mummified Queen Tiye, her hair looks naturally wavy, or is the change that the hair went through so effective that it just looks really natural? I also find it interested how she is depicted in the art. Nothing points to her having such long, wavy hair, or did she just kept it covered all the time? Most of the foreigners who saw the Ancient Egyptians did describe them having hair of curly or wooly quality, which adds on to the side of them having curly to kinky hair overall. Also, the site Djehuti just posted also supports a curly to kinky Ancient Egyptian population.[/qb][/QUOTE][URL=http://egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=bag&thread=75&page=3#3008]This might be pertinent[/URL]: [i]In the deep dermis is an acutely curved hair follicle suggesting formation of a kinky hair shaft.[/i]---Thomas Chapel et al, "Histologic findings in mummified skin", 1981 Admittedly it's only one mummy, but the fact that this formative hair shaft was found embedded in the epidermis, and therefore protected from the post-mortem environment, makes me think it might give us clues. [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes, and let's not forget that while Ausar said tightly curled to kinky type hair is most common among native Egyptians. Wavy hair among native Egyptians is actually occurs most often in the SOUTH especially in southern Upper Egypt. And is actually most common among NUBIANS!! [b]Nile Nubians (Kanuzi & Mahas peoples)[/b] [IMG]http://www.sorth.dk/p/20050219sml/Med/dsc_3472.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/blakk-egyptians12.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae70/KING10_2010/52940563_MG_1547.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/407031430_fb3490e581.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6616164175_116d4f37fb.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/KING9_2006/Northeast%20Africans/PA113263.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/KING9_2006/Northeast%20Africans/2191828255_c0708a0588.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/blakk-egyptians111.jpg[/IMG] The Kanuzi Nubians are the northernmost of the modern Nubians who live mainly in southern Egypt especially in Aswan. While some Kanuzi do have mixed ancestry from the Ottoman Times in which some groups have intermarried with Turks and even Albanians, such a mixture may explain the light complexions among some individuals but NOT their hair texture since we know the vast majority of Eurasian admixture is found in the northern Delta where folks still have predominantly very curly to kinky hair. Neither does that explain the wavy form of the Mahas and other Nubians further south who have very dark complexions no different from other Africans. All of this supports that not only is wavy hair indigenous to Africa but as Swenet pointed out was even common in Nubia judging from the Semna remains. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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