Robert “King David” Ross commissioned this portrait showing him and King Tut, whose museum exhibit first triggered Ross’s passion for all things Egypt.
I took a Masters level "Black Studies" class. We spend fully 70% of the time going over the crack pot propaganda that the ancient Egyptians were really black people, who literally invented everything: furniture, clothes, bandages, metallurgy, astronomy, mathematics, jewelry....you name it.
We watched all 2 1/2 hours of this propaganda film called "Out of Darkness" by someone who calls himself ∆+, which he says is also "translated" as Amadeuz Christ.
Here is a trailer of the film: Out of Darkness: A Film by ∆+ (Official Trailer #2)
About an hour of the film is this "Egyptians Were Black" cult theory.
People can dismiss this "We Wuz Kangz" stuff as comical (and in many ways it is), however, I will tell you that those who peddle and believe this nonsense are DEAD SERIOUS about it. Any disagreement with their crack pot theories are vehemently and aggressively challenged.
Most serious scholars will tell you that the ancient Egyptians were genetically much closer to Armenians or other peoples from southern Europe.
Ramses II, who this wack job thinks he is related to, had red hair.
Fair warning: if you ever find yourself in a debate with the adherents of the "Egyptians Were Black!" crowd, steel yourself. Then end of that film I mentioned actually says that black people are gods, and that once the white people are destroyed the "gods" will take over humanity.
