You have absolutely no idea of what your talking about. There aren't depictions of Egyptians with dreadlocks. When you see an image of an Egyptians they are wearing headdresses and wigs often made out of animal hair. All of this is ethnocentric pseudo-history. Egyptians weren't even black, or to be more precise black like you, nor were they white as in European but something akin to a proto-Semitic race. And Nubians, were a separate group distinct from Egyptians used mostly as labor by the Egyptians.
Africa is a huge place with a lot of distinct types. It would be the equivalent of me claiming my family were vikings because my ancestors came from Europe. Blacks want to claim heritage with Egypt because it gives them a sense of cultural accomplishment and importance. There was a big movement in the sixties in interject this type of pseudo-history into public schools as a way to boost of the confidence of blacks by
giving them a sense of cultural roots. However, it has no basis in reality.
Archer77, you need reading comprehension lessons. Nowhere did I state that Egyptians wore deadlocks. I stated that there are depictions of Nubians and other African peoples with them in tombs of Egyptian kings (pharoahs). And I know the difference between a wig and actual hair.
Furthermore, we don't really know the genetic make up of ancient Egypt at that time because. There were many peoples in that area and race mixing in that whole area has gone on for thousands of yrs.
Nubians, yes were used as laborers, but they were formible foes in the lower kingdom. Sometimes Egpytian nobles wore sandles with a depiction of Nubians on the bottom, so that they could walk on them all day.
Also, Egypt is part of the African continent and is on the African Shelf...
There has been a long standing issue that Egyptian or Muslims or Arabs of that region do not want to call themselves Africans, due to cultural and racism, but they are part of that contitnent. That's like Italians not considering themselves Europeans...please read my post next time
