Original sentence: A similar scenario occurred when Karl Mauch stumbled upon the ruins of the Great Zimbabwe.Afrocentrist scholars such as Cheikh Anta Diop argue that ancient Egypt was primarily a "black civilization".Ancient Egypt has been described as one of the greatest and most inventive of all the high civilizations of antiquity.As result of this Eurocentric bias, the Ancient Egyptians were often portrayed in the media as Caucasians.At the time it was believed that Africans were incapable of creating any civilization.Based on archaeological evidence black or Africoid people were present in Ancient Egypt.Examination of all the existing evidence, gathered from every quarter, still can produce not one single item that is not in accordance with the claim of Bantu origin and medieval date.He believed that the city was too sophisticated to have been built by Africans.He concluded that it must have been the work of Phoenician or Israelite settlers.However many Egyptologists contend that Ancient Egypt was a multicultural society of Middle Eastern and African influences.However recent studies concluded:.Many blacks, Afrocentrists in particular, have been critical of this.One source cited in support of their argument is Herodotus, who wrote around 450 B.Other Egyptologists tend to avoid the issue of the race of the Ancient Egyptians and regard the incursions of Afrocentrists into "their field" as a nuiscance.The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips,.Their reaction to Afrocentrism is one of avoidance, often dismissing Afrocentric theories as far fetched.There has been some controversy over the color and ethnic origins of the Ancient Egyptians.What remains controversial is when they arrived, their exact roles, significance and influence.When European explorers discovered the great sites of Ancient Egypt they instinctively dismissed the possibility that this civilization could have had anything to do with black people.broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin