Why is it so hard for people to accept that Egypt was likely a lighter skinned/ more mixed society? Egypt sat at the crossroads between east africa and the middle east and europe.
They were always distinguished from Nubians which were the ancestors of East Africans, because Egyptians were lighter. Often times the two empires mixed and would have Nubian leadership. I always found it funny that Americans try to claim Egyptian ancestry, knowing damn well most of our ancestors came from west Africa.
We know contemporary Egypt is a bad indicator of what they looked like back in the day since they have been conquered by the Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Arabs. However, to think it was a pure black/ dark-skinned nation is just silly.
They were always distinguished from Nubians which were the ancestors of East Africans, because Egyptians were lighter. Often times the two empires mixed and would have Nubian leadership. I always found it funny that Americans try to claim Egyptian ancestry, knowing damn well most of our ancestors came from west Africa.
We know contemporary Egypt is a bad indicator of what they looked like back in the day since they have been conquered by the Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Arabs. However, to think it was a pure black/ dark-skinned nation is just silly.

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