[SunkenCiv]

For the record -- Piye conquered Egypt because he saw the opportunity to do so, not to "save Egypt from itself".

[SunkenCiv]

Black Pharaoh Trove Uncovered
BBC | 1-20-2003 | Ishbel Matheson
Posted on 01/20/2003 5:39:11 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/826155/posts

Rare Nubian King Statues Uncovered in Sudan
National Geographic News | February 27, 2003 | Hillary Mayell
Posted on 05/18/2005 7:21:01 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1405986/posts

Tutankhamun was not black: Egypt antiquities chief
AFP | September 25, 2007
Posted on 09/26/2007 2:58:41 PM EDT by presidio9
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902584/posts

Team Unearths Statue of Egypt’s Queen Ti
AP on Yahoo | 1/23/06 | AP
Posted on 01/23/2006 11:00:39 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563695/posts

Hatshepsut mummy found
Egyptian State News Service | Friday, March 24, 2006 | unattributed
Posted on 03/26/2006 11:43:05 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1603736/posts

Unearthing Egypt’s Greatest Temple
Smithsonian magazine | October 2007 | Andew Lawler
Posted on 11/01/2007 12:33:14 PM EDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919561/posts

Bubonic Plague Traced To Ancient Egypt (Black Death)
National Geographic News | 3-10-2004 | Cameron Walker
Posted on 03/11/2004 6:40:50 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095760/posts

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The Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers by Robert G. Morkot paperback Current News

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[PeterPrinciple]

The ancient world was devoid of racism. At the time of Piye’s historic conquest, the fact that his skin was dark was irrelevant. Artwork from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome shows a clear awareness of racial features and skin tone, but there is little evidence that darker skin was seen as a sign of inferiority. Only after the European powers colonized Africa in the 19th century did Western scholars pay attention to the color of the Nubians’ skin, to uncharitable effect.

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yep........................

[martin_fierro]

I discontinued my Nat’l Geo subscription several years ago.

Which is a shame, as it used to be a good read back before they took on a hard green agenda.

[wildbill]

Actually their leader was Sam the Shan.

I know because Mattie told Hattie.

Wooly Bully!

[Ptarmigan]

I am not surprised if there were Black pharoahs in Egypt. Tell the truth, Ancient Egyptians look like mixed race people, mostly Black and White.

Speaking of that, I have read that there were Black Chinese emperors, around the Shang Dynasty. Many ancient civilizations were diverse. Ancient Rome and China were very diverse. There are Black people in Asia, mostly in the southern part. One of them is called Negritos. Also, there is another tribe in the Andaman Islands of Indian Ocean, which look like African Bushman and Hottentots.

[MarkL]

“What’s a nubian?”

Mark