Colossal Head from Statue of King Tut's Granddad Found at Amenhotep III Funerary Temple Site

What was the racial designation of King Tut's Grandfather? Of Queen Tiy? of Tut? This type of wording is generally left out. Why? These great people of Kemetian (Egyptian) history were Africans (*). Despite the Hysos invasions of 1675 BC, the indiginous population and the dynastic leadership were Black people in the modern sense of the term. The Hyksos (foreign Asians) casused a disruption in parts of the leadership for about 75 years but were a very small population. The vast majority of the region was comprised of Black people. The 14th dynasty marked the ridding of the Hyksos from Africa by Queen Hatsepsut's Father using massive African Armies. Why is the "race factor" continuously handled in such a way that it is easy for one to assume that Ancient Egyptian Civilization was Caucasian or Asian?

* Part of this comment has been removed by the Editor, Rebecca Thompson, as it contained innappropriate langugage.

The Ancient Egyptians were not part of the African race (i.e. black). They were, and are, members of the European, or "Caucasian" race, like other North Africans. There was a very brief period in Egyptian history when the Nubians, who were black, ruled Egypt, but this was way after the 18th Dynasty. On what do you base your assertion that the Ancient Egyptians were black?

BEFORE THE EUROPEAN LIVED IN A HOUSE OR WORE SHOE, THE AFRICAN CULTURE WAS ALREADY EXISTENCE. ITS SAD HOW,PEOPLE CONTINTUE TO WANT TO PUT NORTH AFRICA OUT,THE CONTINENT. WHEN TO THIS DATE THE OLDEST FOUND BODY WAS THAT OF A WOMAN IN INTER AFRICA BETTER KNOWN TO MANY AS LUCY DEGYPT IS SAID TO BE ETHIOPIAS OLDEST DAUGHTER. THE LATER YEARS OF EGYPT BECAME MORE EUROPEAN AFTER INVASIONS, THE RECORDS TELL THE TRUE STORY. LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO THE DIGS AND DNA

before the european lived in a house or wore a shoe the african civilation was well in existence,people have change these maps to suit there agenda.trying to separate northern african from the continent.let the d n a and finds speak for there self well before the invasions in north africa. egypt is ethiopias oldest daughter

As a proud African American, nothing disturbs me more than seeing how mis-informed, illiterate and belligerent MY PEOPLE still are in America... even amidst the historic election of the first African American President of the United States of America. If the antropology of the region was studied, if the cultural and historical linguistics were considered and if we looked at Egyptian art (from their own varied perspective), we would see that the ancient Egyptians were a racially DIVERSE PEOPLE - consisting of everyone from Black Nubians to pale skinned Mediterraneans (and every shade and physical attribute in between)... And this being from the pre-dynastic throughout their 3000 + year history. Nothing has changed (as far as the physical/racial characteristics of the people) from then to now and not even conquests from people such as Nubians or the Greeks (i.e. Blacks/Whites) made any permanent impression upon the general population in Egypt. These examples were the ruling classes only and not indicative of what the average ancient Egyptian looked like. You can not have a country that literally borders Sudan, Libya and Israel and not have a huge variation of human phenotypes.

As a proud African American, nothing disturbs me more than seeing how mis-informed, illiterate and belligerent MY PEOPLE still are in America... even amidst the historic election of the first African American President of the United States of America. If the antropology of the region was studied, if the cultural and historical linguistics were considered and if we looked at Egyptian art (from their own varied perspective), we would see that the ancient Egyptians were a racially DIVERSE PEOPLE - consisting of everyone from Black Nubians to pale skinned Mediterraneans (and every shade in between)... And this being from the pre-dynastic throughout their 3000 + year history. Nothing has changed (as far as the physical/racial characteristics of the people) from then to now and not even conquest from people such as Nubians or the Greeks (i.e. Blacks/Whites) made any permanent impression upon the general population in Egypt.