What is the original race of Egypt?
What is the original race of Egypt? Robert Morkot wrote in 2005 that The ancient Egyptians were not 'white' in any European sense, nor were they 'Caucasian'... we can say that the earliest population of ancient Egypt included African people from the upper Nile, African people from the regions of the Sahara and modern Libya, and smaller numbers of people ...
Were ancient Egyptians European?
The study found that the ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations in the Levant - modern day Syria, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon. They were also closely related to stone age populations from Europe and the Turkish mainland on the Asian side.
What did ancient Egypt look like?
In 3,000 B.C.E., Egypt looked similar geographically to the way it looks today. The country was mostly covered by desert. But along the Nile River was a fertile swath that proved — and still proves — a life source for many Egyptians. The Nile is the longest river in the world; it flows northward for nearly 4,200 miles.