The Ancient Egyptians were Black (African).

Thank you for the debate! !! ) My opponent has stated, "The Egyptians were of black origin. " This is clearly false because, "[Ancient] Egyptians are not Arabs and are not Africans despite the fact that Egypt is in Africa. " ~ Dr. Zahi Hawass. Okay this is Zahi Hawass saying this. Obviously the majority of people dont believe that the egyptians where black but this is a fact that has been well hidden for a long time by some historians. Now im going to give you a quote from Herodotus,The Father of History, "The Colchians who are egyptian and have Black skin and wooly hair and descend from the army of sesostris. .. .. .. " Histories So are we going to take the word of an historian who give info that will get him accepted or the father of history who would have known the real race of the egyptians because he lived much closer to the time of the egyptians? (No diss to Hawass i just know that he is just another egyptologist who wont consider anything that could give him a bad rep from his associates. Herodotus also states that the egyptians and ethiopians are a joint colony of Ammonians(AMUN). Aristotle states, "The hair of the egyptians is curlier than other nations. " That meant that the egyptians had tightly curled hair. Aristotle says, "Those who are to black are cowards for instance the egyptians and ethiopians. " (Sources for Aristotle's quotes,Physiognomics VOL 6,11. ) Lycinus, Lucian(125 B. C. ) states: "Describing an egyptian boy, this boy is not merely black, he has THICK lips and his legs are too thin. " Diodorus Siculus states: "The Ethiopians say that the egyptians are colonist sent out by ethiopians, as Osiris being the leader of the colony. " Diodorus Siculus(49 bc) states: "The Gods favored the ethiopians whom he believed to be the originators of the egyptian civilization. " Diodorus: "The Aethiopians(Ethiopians) are high favored with the gods, they were the first of all men created by the gods and were the founders of the Egyptian Civilization. " Ammianus Marcellinus: "The men of egypt are mostly brown or black with a skinny and desiccated look. " Note he did not say olive,"Tanned",yellow, or white but He said BROWN and BLACK! Now the fact that anyone would argue against this shows how racist they are, They can't imagine that blacks made anything but huts. The earliest accounts of egytians say they are black. I would like to ask my opponent who he thinks the egyptins race was. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arguments 1) King Tutankhamen, aka King Tut, was not black. Therefore, the ancient Egyptians were not black (Africans). Okay? Where is the proof of that? 2) Ancient Egyptians were not Arabs or Africans, even if Egypt was in Africa. So, the ancient Egyptians were not Africans. What were the anciant egyptians then? White! ? LOL. It is insane to deny a people their heritage especially when it is in their back yard! How would people feel if they said that the aztecs were not mexican? You have no proof that the egyptians were not egyptians. The majority of the sculptures and statues portray the people with thick lips, braids, or black skin so who else could it be. If you have ever heard of the Qustul Censer you would know that it is an artifact fount by Keithe Seele in 1962. It was found in Mordern day Sudan and predates any artifact founnd in modern day egypt! The Qustul censer is an incense burner depicting three ships sailing toward a serekh (royal palace). In the middle boat a Pharaoh is shown (as archaeologist Bruce Williams discerned) wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt and is adorned in royal Egyptian regalia. By his crown, a falcon symbol of the god Horus hovers, and in front of the falcon a rosette, an Egyptian royal insignia, is shown. This piece of characteristic Egyptian art was found not in Egypt, but rather 200 miles southward into Nubia. This discovery was mind-boggling. The Qustul censer was dated at 3,300 B. C. , long preceding predynastic Egypt. According to Seele,""The Nubian desert, for example, abounded with rock drawings from roughly the same period as the Qustul incense burner, many showing distinctly "Egyptian" themes and symbols. Ivory seals from the A-Group period had been found featuring kingly serekhs. A mud seal impression found at Siali---also dating from the A-Group period---showed a man saluting a serekh surmounted by a falcon. In the latter inscription, the serekh was actually labeled with a bow---the heiroglyphic emblem for Ta-Seti, Land of the Bow---implying that the man was paying homage to a Nubian state. One bowl from Qustul even showed vultures tearing at a fallen enemy who is labeled with the signs for Ta-Shemau---Upper Egypt---possibly indicating that the Nubians had defeated Upper Egypt in Battle. Every one of these inscriptions had been found in Nubia. Yet experts had always assumed that they referred to an Egyptian monarchy, rather than a Nubian one. Williams was no longer so sure. The evidence was clear that a powerful dynasty had indeed ruled Ta-Seti in prehistoric times. A count of the royal tombs at Qustul suggested that as many as twelve generations of kings may have been buried there. Why, then, should experts assume that every recognizable symbol of royal authority found in that country would be of foreign origin? " 3) In the UNESCO's international Cairo Symposium, the majority view was that ancient Egyptians were not black or white. Like i said in the beggining This means absolutly nothing when compared to the Ancient view on egypt! Are you also aware that when DR. Cheikh Anta Diop attended the 1974 UNESCO'S INTERNATIONAL CAIRO SYMPOSIUM no one could prove his theories wrong? Thank you.