Black Egyptians

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Unbreakable, you seem to be under the assumption that we are rejecting all your evidence - we are not. The issue is your interpretation of it.

You are not applying a critical filter to the evidence, and your continued attempts to paint modern scholars as essentially racist is offensive.

When I said that, "If there is an African element to Egyptian history and this has been overlooked then that should be corrected." I was not disputing an African element, I was making a point that omissions should be corrected without regard to the original source of the omission, other than to note it in the correction.

Hammering past scholars is not edifying, especially given that many of them were clever (not more right) than the current generation.

Beyond that, if proponents of a "Black" Egypt wish to be taken seriously they must address those in their camp who make absurd claims about figures like Cleopatra - because not doing so is evidence of sloppy scholarship.

I will look up the quote from Herodotus tomorrow.

Now, if you want me to engage with you on a deeper level I am going to need to look up the full bibliographical citations, that will take time.

The main point though, is that this doesn't really matter all that much, making Egyptians "Black" rather than a mixed people is in no way edifying to black people today, nor does it detract from "white" achievements.

Even if some Egyptians are depicted as "Black" you STILL have to account for all those well known examples, several of which you have posted, which depict a fairer people more in common with modern North Africans, a hard "black£ explanation simply fails to do this.