What color where the ancient egyptians?

Question

I have a history professor tell me that the ancient egyptians where ebony, or black, skinned. However, didnt the ancient egyptians always portray themselves as lighter than the Nubians (modern Sudanese) who were/are black. Anyway, I thought that the ancient egyptians were perhaps medeteranien or arabic, since 1. they were pagan, which had a connection to greece-mesephotamia 2. the Jews described in Exodus where said to be able to blend with the egyptians (so where the same color). I also know that the ancient jews (hebrews) where darker skinned than their decendants, who have mixed with european people. Lastly, I think Cleophatra was light skinned, because her family was Greek, but I know she was not related to previous pharos. However, if she was the same "color" as her subjects, would they not be helenic? Also, do you think the ancient Egyptians were the same race of modern Egyptians - arabic? What do you think? Be seroius though, what race do you think they were?

Answer 1

well i think they weren't dark, dark black like ppl in some other african countries but from their location on the globe it seems like that should be dark tan...

Answer 2

Hamitic.( not sub-Saharan ) Sounds as if that history professor you talked to comes right out of " studies " incoherence.

Answer 3

Well they were probably Caucasians.  Later when they were Arabinized.  Although many races in North Africa have a mixture of African and Caucasian, so although i would group them as Caucasian, there is a good chance that there was a mixture.  So they were probably olive skined to very dark olive skinned, and some may have even been black.  Some may have even been a light olive skin or no olive skin, for instance you bring up Cleophatra who had light skin.  Now days the area is a real mixture of all complextions, eye colours and hair colours.

Answer 4

tanish

Answer 5

If you do some more research you will find that some of the earliest Pharaohs were red/blond white men with blue eyes!  Some of the earliest Jews were the same.  But they have changed down through the ages.  The Egyptians left wall paintings of the various types of people through the ages.  The Phoenicians " tall red head headed men" were children of Abraham, they were driven out, they were sea fairing people, they eventually became the Celts. the modern Egyptians are a mixture of white,black, which gives you brown

Answer 6

There were no Egyptians. It is a liberal conspiracy to control people. Americans built the pyramids and created the hieroglyphics. It's all fake people!

Ron Paul/William Shatner 2008!!!

Answer 7

brown they were direct descendants of the numidains

Answer 8

i am sure they were black i am from that area they are the

modern Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea people now.they have

different skin colour from other black people.

Answer 9

They are the same color as most of the hieroglyphs on the walls, which is mixed, just like the people who live there today...

A range from very light, to very dark!