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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Antalas: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by BrandonP: Immediately afterward, said source says: [QUOTE]As much as I would love to argue for a dynastic link between the Ptolemies and the kings of Meroe, I don't find Snowden's reasoning very coherent -- if Nubians were well-integrated into Egyptian society why could she not have been an Egyptian of Nubian ancestry? But it is interesting to note that Verdi's libretto was based on a story idea proposed by the French Egyptologist Maspero, who was certainly aware of Didyme's existence.[/QUOTE]Mind you, there's nothing in the ancient quote itself that indicates she had to be of "Nubian" ancestry. That is just an assumption certain modern scholars have made based on their preconceptions of how AE and "Nubian" peoples looked like. [/QB][/QUOTE]??? so she could have been an egyptian of nubian origin this again defend what I said lol and if it was only about "preconceptions" I don't think a respected scholar would claim this : " [b]Graeco-Roman practice was to reserve deep black for Ethiopian (Nubian/Meroitic) origin[/b] " That's why I constantly want to know which word was used exactly. It should be said that egyptians as far as I know never depicted themselves as black as coal (except in specific spiritual cases) that's clearly extreme and only nubians were depicted as such. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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