What race/ethnicity were the ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids?

[Anonymous]

Black people say there were black because Egypt is in Africa and the ancient greeks like Herdotus said they were black around 400bc.
White people say that they were white becuse DNA evidence from King Tut show they were likely White; and that they slowly became darker due to invasions from Nubia.
What do you think?

They were Black.

They were White.

They were Arabs.

They were Aliens.

[Anonymous]

1. They were not black, because ancient Egyptian paintings show that black people were slaves in Egypt, their masters were lighter skinned. Herodotus meant "black" as in "darker than Greeks", but not literally black.

2. They were definitely NOT "Arabs", because Arabs invaded Egypt in the 7th century A. D. Ancient Egyptians were Hamitic ethnicity, while Arabs are Semitic. Present day Copts are the descendants of ancient Egyptians, their language evolved from the original Egyptian language< which was NOT related to Arabic (dumb Hollywood movie directors should learn this fact).

3. Aliens - right, they were the Goa'uld, haha :P

4. White - Yes, if you consider Hamitic people as the darker, African version of white people.

A) As you can see in the picture, Egyptians were lighter skinned than their slaves, so they were obviously NOT black: www.ambrosekane.com/.../Egyptians-1.jpg

B) Here are the Egyptian Copts, the descendants of ancient Egyptians, clearly they are not black: soscristianosensiria.files.wordpress.com/.../coptos.png

C) Copts have been struggling against Arabization for centuries, though, many of them have been forcefully assimilated, but some of them have managed to preserve their separate ethnic identity from the Arabic invaders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_identity</a>

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for MHO

[Asker]

Sure.

[IsabelGuimaraes]

i read somewhere they were more or less like today's egyptians.

[Starrk]

This questions is like asking, What race/ethnicity are Americans?

Ancient Egypt during its heyday was by far the most developed, most advance, most sophisticated, most wealthiest place on the planet and it held on to that status for well over 1000 years. As a result of Ancient Egypt being an advanced civilization, it attracted people from ALL over Afro-Eurasia. The Romans, Greeks,, Arabs and Africans all migrated to Egypt. As a result of this, the race/ethnicity of Ancient Egypt was highly mixed.

The same way you can walk down the street of any major US city and see people of various racial/ethnic backgrounds is the same way Egypt was during its prime.

[Phoenix98]

In reality humans did not build the pyramids alone.

Scientifically and from a technology standpoint there's no way ancient humans had the knowledge or the tools to make cuts that precise. You'd have to use a laser or a precision cutting tool to do what they did.

Maybe it was aliens who helped em or maybe it was a race of technologically advance humans at our level of technology or beyond that existed back then, as there evidence of that being the case.

I guess until further evidence and knowledge is found it's anyone's guess.

[Phoenix98]

Also by blacks I think you mean the Nubian's

[madhatters4]

they were arabs or black i guess. egypt is a straddle country that is considered part of the arab world and middle east as well as africa.

but since at the time race really wasn't even something people considered i don't think they'd call themselves black or white but rather arab (which isn't a race but rather a ethnic group based on location)

[Anonymous]

The egyptians were a mixed race of people from all over. why? because egypt for thousands of years, was pretty much the center of everything in that region. Romans actually traveled all the way to the horn of africa just to study their knowledge and trade with them (later to invade them) the nubians also did the same thing, in fact in the sub sarahan Deseret and islands off the coast of africa harbor 225 pyramids which shows the obvious influence egypt had on places all over africa and even the romans in Europe.

[Regular1]

They were Egyptian. They considered themselves a race distinct from all others. They certainly weren't black. Their paintings and carvings show they considered true Africans only a step above monkeys. Herodotus said they had dark hair and their skin tanned from the Egyptian sun. Doubtful they were much different than their modern descendants.

[DiegoO]

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[Regular1]

@DiegoO mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/.../

[DiegoO]

You can´t be serious : /

[jacquesvol]

In the N: Alexandria, Memphis): Mediterranean
In the S: (S of Luxor): Mainly black.

https://i.imgur.com/PCVJ8rX.jpg?1

www.americananthro.org/.../Content.aspx

[SpanishInquisition]

The Egyptians who built the pyramids were comparable to modern Greeks or Turks, but they were most certainly not black. Egypt got a larger black population later when they fought with the Nubians, who were black, and lost

[matheus_mb]

A better question would be: why does it matter? Black or white, pyramids are there to show that an amazing society existed.

[ATuairiscean]

I know people think it is wacky but they were so advanced for the time, I inclined towards aliens

[DiegoO]

I believe they were a mix between black Africans and middle easterns populations, nothing different from actual Egyptians.

[TheSpartan]

They looked much like modern-day Coptic Christians. Anyone who says they were Black is a collosal moron.

[BigBallerSodaPop]

Black is only from sub-Saharan Africa, not North Africa.

[Anonymous]

Egypt is also in Asia, don't see any Asians trying to claim Egyptians were like them

[evenlift]

They clearly weren't white or black or Arabs.

[Sloane]

I believe they are a mix of Arab and African.

[jakeofalltrades]

they were likely about the same as they are now

[Whatthefluff]

They were Egyptian

[Paris13]

White. xx

[Paris13]

*First Romans and then... xx

[GAGSUCKS333]

first romans? get a history lesson lol

[Paris13]

@GAGSUCKS333 I just Read, bro. lol Before the Ottoman Empire. xx

[GAGSUCKS333]

no one knows what they were. they lasted for thousands of years but who was there in the beginning? its speculation.

[Paris13]

@GAGSUCKS333 God.:)) xxoo

[GAGSUCKS333]

advanced dinosaurs built the pyramids

[Paris13]

@GAGSUCKS333 I wonder if the Monkeys with Evolution helped? xx

[GAGSUCKS333]

no we created the monkey to kill of the dinos

[Paris13]

lol Rumor has it "Black Jews."xx

[GAGSUCKS333]

and the people in isreal are the real jews? lol please

[Paris13]

@GAGSUCKS333 lol There is a whole story here, dear. No one, hun, really Knows how it goes. xx

[Paris13]

They mention slaves were the ones to build these. xx

[GAGSUCKS333]

yes, slaves built the pyramids with chisels and hammers looool

[Carley99]

They were Arabs

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

They were Arabs.