What was the race of ancient egyptians?

[Cyrus Summers 34]

Famously known for the great civilization of Egypt.

 

I would assume racial mixture. But nubians are considered to be from Sudan. Some say hamites which is like EU-African race or something. Or other inclusions which i am not sure is true until 4000bc when assyrians and other cultures started warring. Some just say they were neither white or black.

 

Either way even i am not 100% sure to be honest.  The only thing i can be sure of is this cat is from Egypt. Called Egyptian Mau

 

Edit: The most convincing argument i have heard so far is neither white or black "Atleast not the negro central africa type of race as Kongo or western and southern africa etc. But more northern and southern sahara in terms of hamites" But i am not saying i am right. But so far in the depictions it seems most likely.

Edited August 3, 2016 by Cyrus Summers

[MoonStatue 26]

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[Cyrus Summers 34]

It seems afrocentrists are the ones making the claims. Most likely trying to link up that negros had any contribution to the egyptian civilization. Although nubians was itself a ruling kingdom but from the depictions it seems they were mostly slaves of egyptians or used for economic usage, or copying egyptians in someway.

 

I am more or less a fan of history.

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-claim-that-the-ancient-Egyptians-were-black-had-dark-skin-supported-by-history-If-not-what-race-were-they-and-how-do-we-know

[idunnomaybe 345]

what you're asking is somewhat complex 

if you're talking about the Egypt most commonly depicted when people think of Egypt then they were in fact Greek (have you seen accurate busts of Cleopatra? she's the most ugly white Woman ever)

before then it was a mix of Nubian Assyrian and Greek there was no "this race is Egyptian" Egypt was more of a... place if that makes sense? like how you would not say "New Yorkers are European" or what ever  

[Shanks 10,817]

There are all sorts of theories about Egyptian ethnography but it seems they were most likely a mix of Assyrian, possibly Sumerian or Babylonian, Nubian and later on some Greek. There is even this one theory that there was a people native to there before the Egyptians as we know them that were invaded an conquered from peoples from Sumerians and Babylonians looking for more hospitable land resulting in a new culture combining the two. Such a thing has happened various times throughout history, the various peoples the Romans conquered are a good example of this and there are the Anglo Saxon Germanic tribes that conquered Britain after the Romans left.

Edited August 5, 2016 by Shanks

[Daring_Do 552]

Famously known for the great civilization of Egypt.

 

I would assume racial mixture. But nubians are considered to be from Sudan. Some say hamites which is like EU-African race or something. Or other inclusions which i am not sure is true until 4000bc when assyrians and other cultures started warring. Some just say they were neither white or black.

 

Either way even i am not 100% sure to be honest.  The only thing i can be sure of is this cat is from Egypt. Called Egyptian Mau

 

Edit: The most convincing argument i have heard so far is neither white or black "Atleast not the negro central africa type of race as Kongo or western and southern africa etc. But more northern and southern sahara in terms of hamites" But i am not saying i am right. But so far in the depictions it seems most likely.

That's a pretty good cat, ty.

[El Duderino 881]

Are we trying to decipher where the people of ancient Egypt came from, or trying to categorize them based of our notion of "race"?

 

The concept of "race" as a way to categorize people was not around during the time of the ancient Egyptians. Before the era of colonialism (when Europe started establishing colonies around the world), the concept of "race" does not show up. Sure, humans have been categorizing each other throughout all history, but the actual concept of "race" was really created during the era of colonialism. Before that, people were more likely categorized by their nationality, cultures, or religion. So I would say that the best way we could categorize the ancient Egyptians would be simply "Ancient Egyptian".