Comments on: The Other Pyramids http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Seerov http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/comment-page-1/#comment-382476 Seerov Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:42:31 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/#comment-382476 Every now and then there's a demonstration against the depiction of King Tut as being "too white." No matter how many times the Head of Egyptian Antiquities insists that Tut was not a Nubian, they just don't give up. I've seen this for Ramses II too. Ramses II had red hair and a mummified face that clearly wasn't black African but here too, we see the same thing. If you really want to see some comedy find the book "Black Athena." In this book the author claims that the ancient Greeks were Black Africans! Of course the same claim has been made for Jesus, Mohammed, Hannibal, and even Beethoven. In fact, I read somewhere that a claim was made for a Viking chieftain with the name "Eric the Black" as being an African. Of course, no one points out that this would make "Eric the Red" an Amerindian. Every now and then there’s a demonstration against the depiction of King Tut as being “too white.” No matter how many times the Head of Egyptian Antiquities insists that Tut was not a Nubian, they just don’t give up. I’ve seen this for Ramses II too. Ramses II had red hair and a mummified face that clearly wasn’t black African but here too, we see the same thing. If you really want to see some comedy find the book “Black Athena.” In this book the author claims that the ancient Greeks were Black Africans!

Of course the same claim has been made for Jesus, Mohammed, Hannibal, and even Beethoven. In fact, I read somewhere that a claim was made for a Viking chieftain with the name “Eric the Black” as being an African. Of course, no one points out that this would make “Eric the Red” an Amerindian.

]]> By: dj http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/comment-page-1/#comment-382395 dj Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:22:10 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/#comment-382395 Yeah, the afro-centric Egyptian viewpoint keeps popping up. These people cite dark skinned reliefs on temple walls as their reasoning. When I look at them they could easily pass for dark skinned arab types today. Yeah, the afro-centric Egyptian viewpoint keeps popping up. These people cite dark skinned reliefs on temple walls as their reasoning. When I look at them they could easily pass for dark skinned arab types today.

]]> By: lirelou http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/comment-page-1/#comment-382385 lirelou Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:38:06 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/#comment-382385 I read the recent National Geographic article on the same subject. It did not note the difference in size, and chose to make the Nubians more important than they were in Egyptian history. When a nation has several thousand years of documented history, a mere hundred so or years conquest is worthy of mention, but hardly of primary importance. Unless, of course, it is the act that delivers the coup de grace, as the Roman conquest of Egypt did. The article reminded me of a visit to the Smithsonian over twenty years ago when an Afro-centric group was making an argument that Moses was Black. In the course of articulating this view, the presenter made the point that Cleopatra was likely Black. This underscored a complete ignorance of what the Ptolemaic dynasty was, and their adoption of the Egyptian custom of brother and sister pharonic marriage which would have kept the Greek bloodline (a bit too) pure. I read the recent National Geographic article on the same subject. It did not note the difference in size, and chose to make the Nubians more important than they were in Egyptian history. When a nation has several thousand years of documented history, a mere hundred so or years conquest is worthy of mention, but hardly of primary importance. Unless, of course, it is the act that delivers the coup de grace, as the Roman conquest of Egypt did. The article reminded me of a visit to the Smithsonian over twenty years ago when an Afro-centric group was making an argument that Moses was Black. In the course of articulating this view, the presenter made the point that Cleopatra was likely Black. This underscored a complete ignorance of what the Ptolemaic dynasty was, and their adoption of the Egyptian custom of brother and sister pharonic marriage which would have kept the Greek bloodline (a bit too) pure.

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