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the fact that Ramses had red hair

WHat FACT??? Do you have any proof before you spout such rot? Ramsses the great with Red Hair. Ha Ha Ha!

What IS known is that the Kings of Upper Egypt before the country was unified were Ethiopian like (the Scorpion King, Narmer, etc.) while the Kings of Lower Egypt (the Delta region) were Semitic. The Old Kingdom Egyptians were a mix of Semites and Ethiopian-like Negroids. THe Middle Kingdom and Later Dynasties did come under the influence of Libyans, Semites (possibly the Hyksos) and Nubians. So they would have been a wide range of brown to black in color.

They would NOT have been white in color (too much sun for that), and 'race' wise would have been a mix between Caucasians and Negroids.

Even under the Greek rule from 300 BC onwards, red hair would have been unusual

Furthermore, where do you get your 'proof' that he was red-haired? From wall paintings? From archaeological evidence ? No. Egyptians of Ramsses the Great's day shaved their heads and wore wigs. He may have bought a wig dyed red or blonde or white, leading to your misconception.

But he was most definitely NOT pure CAucasoid and DEFINITELY not an Indo-European (the ones that tend to have the colored eyes). his descendents COULD have had some blood -- after all, didn't he marry a hittite princess? But I don't think the result of the union of that marriage became a Pharoah

Your post is pure nonsense.

Just where is your proof about the lower kingdom beingt a mixture of Negroes? Did you get that from the reverend Al? Maybe Louis Farrakhan.

As I said, that was on the "History Channel" and I suspect the program will be replayed several times if you want to watch it. They definitely did say Ramses had red hair.

As to the people being burned by the sun, that has nothing to do with their race. In his five volumne history of WWII. Winston Churchill mentions visiting his troops in North Afica and being surprised to see them as dark as the native Arabs from the sun.