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Old June 5th 04, 07:34 AM
Holger Dansk
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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:28:10 -0700, "Circe" wrote:

Holger Dansk wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:10:10 -0700, "Circe"
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Holger Dansk wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 02:31:45 -0400, Bob LeChevalier
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Bob LeChevalier wrote:
Guess those people in Upper Egypt weren't reading and writing.

Mediterranean types were essentially white (as opposed to DAFN).

No. The people of Upper Egypt were also called Nubians. They
conquered and ruled Egypt for a millennium or so.

The pharaohs were Copts.

*Some* of the pharoahs were Copts--after the invention of
Christianity, anyway. In view of the fact that the flowering of
Egyptian civilization preceded the birth of Christianity by
several thousand years, I think it is quite safe to say that the
rulers of upper Egypts between 3500 BCE and about 100 AD were most
certainly *not* Copts or, in fact, Christians of any kind.


The Copts were not Christians when they were pharaohs.


Ah, then you are using Copt in the older, less typical sense. And in that
case, it just means they "Egyptian". The word "Copt" tells us nothing about
skin color or any other features, especially when applied to ancient
Egyptians. Given that the ancient Egyptians represented the skin color of
their pharoahs in art using colors ranging from light brown to black, we
cannot use their artistic representations as any sort of guide. And since
none of us were living at the time, there's no way to tell for certain what
"color" the ancient Egyptian pharaohs were. Most experts believe the ancient
Egyptians were mixed ethnically with a strong strain of sub-Saharan
influence.


The black savages of Sub-Saharan-Africa had nothing to do with the
civilization north of the Sahara. The blacks were uncivilized living in
the bush/jungle running around naked or in loin cloths, not just at one
period, but for thousands of years. Most are still savages, and they
own and abuse slaves in the Sudan, and commit all kinds of atrocities.
They never created anything of any importance. As I said before, they
carved some ugly figures out of wood. Can you imagine living that way
for thousands and thousands of years?

Moreover, of course, being a Christian (Coptic or otherwise) does
not say anything at all about one's ethnicity or skin color.


I don't know what color has to do with it, but I can assure you that
they were not the black-Sub-Saharan-Savages.

Holger

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