They were Ptolemaic, i.e. Greeks.
They were Ptolemaic, i.e. Greeks.
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That was later, during the New Kingdom.
This study is about Egyptians even before Alexander the Great’s conquest, looks even they were European.
The Ptolemaics came later, but the Celts crossed into N Africa much earlier. The Pharoahs at least have Celtic DNA.
They Ptolemy Dynasty came to rule Egypt in 300 BC which is 1100 years after the mummies that were tested and proved to be European in 1400 BC.