Originally Posted by
Isleño
Actually I have to disagree with you. Most of the statues, figurines and sarcophagi recovered from Egypt show them to look more like modern Egyptians, Bedouins and even Levantines. Although SSA might have been greater in some, I don’t think it was the majority at all. The only genome-wide tested DNA of Egyptian mummies in the world (there are three) show all three to be West Eurasians much like Bedouins and modern Levantines like Palestinians. However, on one of the figures in the study that showcases the three DNA results, It suggests that the modern Egyptians are the descendants of the ancient Egyptians even if the modern Egyptians picked up 8% more SSA.
Still, the ancient Egyptians clustered near modern Egyptians.
The picture I posted in this thread shows lifelike representations of their racial type which looks like modern Egyptians, really.
In the same study, 90 haplogroups were given for 90 Egyptian mummies, 89 of the haplogroups were West Eurasian origin. In a separate study of an ancient Egyptian Governor, he had a West Eurasian haplogroup. In a third study on ancient Egyptians, there were two brothers and both of them had a West Eurasian haplogroup.
I think it’s quite clear between the haplogroups, the genome-wide results and the statues, figurines and sarcophagi, the ancient Egyptians were North African Caucasoid people much like they are today, with few changes.
So I’d have to disagree with you, the ancient Egyptians were not black. They were North African caucasoids of mostly West Eurasian DNA with a minor Sub-Saharan African admixture.
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