I always wondered about Egyptians. It's my favorite culture by far. To me the Egyptians of that time are an extinct peoples, like the Mayans. I mean, no race of people look like the various sculptures of those so called Egyptians. While we're on the subject, why do Egyptians, Algerians and South African not consider themselves AFrican whereas someone from Ethiopia, The Congo, Senegal freely say that they are Africans? Is there some shame in admitting that? And don't give me some bullshit that South Africa is its own country - i know that, but its still in Africa.
True descendents from ancient Egpytians are practically non-existant, or very few in number living in outskirts of the major cities and in very rural areas. Egyptians of today, are descendents of Arabs who came in from the gulf, Turks and a bunch of other European countries that colonized Egypt at some point.
Many Egyptians consider themselves North Africans (like the Moroccans do!) or Middle Eastern. And whats funny, many Egyptians hate admitting that they are "Arab" or won't admit it at all, and consider themselves very different than the Arabs of the gulf like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (which we really are)!
Hope this helps!
