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Ancient Egyptians were Black Afrixans


As someone who has had the opportunity to visit Egypt which by the way is located in North Africa, I saw for myself the manipulation and destruction of Ancient Egyptian artifacts...take for example the "Sphinx statue" in Giza..it was Napolean and his armies that defaced this great monument so that they could remove the African features that it prominently displayed. Taking guided tour of the Cairo Museum showed exactly how widespread this damage and subsequent propaganda was...even the tiny little sculptures had had their African noses, lips and even their eyes removed, for no other reason but to cover up the fact that Ancient Egyptians were indeed black Africans. Furthermore, suggesting that Ancient Egyptian had lighter skin tone is not only false but completely ridiculous. According to my modern day Egyptian guide I learned that the British Museum bleached the skin of most of the artifacts that was in display in the Cairo museum, as well as, reconstructed the missing eyes, noses and lips to resemble more European features. It's time for Hollywood to stop perpetuating the biggest lie history has ever known and accept the fact that Africa is not only the birthplace of mankind but it and it's black peoples gave society their ancient gods and religion, civilization and engineering wizardry that is beyond anyone's imagination!

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The ancient Egyptians developed another technique for mural ornaments/reliefs because of the damage it sustained through time (Bas reliefs sustained a lot of dame, so they carved there ornaments etc IN the wall, instead of ON the wall) it is called erosion, fingers, nose, ears of statues are the first to suffer, it is natural and did NOT ONLY happen in Egypt.

I also went to Egypt (did a tour from south the north), i knew a lot about it, and had hours and hours of talks with an Egyptologist.. Never heard what you mention now.. What i wonder, do you think wall paintings in tombs for example were also bleached? Come on, be real, AANCIENT EGYPT had a lot of racial diversity, from Nubians to what we call Arabs today.
It is about time that is acknowledged..
Why is there so much difference in the portrayal between for instance Achnaton or Tutmoses III and Taharqa? Probably because there was a lot of (racial) difference. There was also a great distinction made (in history itself) by the Hyksos pharaoh's..

You know, for the world to be better, without this racism, this discussion also needs to end, and we ALL should realize we are ALL pink on the inside!

And to be honest, i have a lot more problems with the fiction in this show, than the actors used.

Cogito ergo sum

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No they weren't. The latest DNA study totally debunked this.

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