If Egyptians were Black, how did some have red hair?

Question

As shown on this page: http://white-history.com/hwr8.htm
This can also be researched elsewhere.
For those of you who are going to say "that site is racist", please reclassify "black history" websites then.

Romans did not have red hair.

Do Africans also have Nordic features?

Egyptians were White, not arab orblackanese.

Answer 1

Migration genius

the same way skin went from dark to light
oh and I have family members with RED HAIR

move out of the sticks hillbilly

wow you are a sharp knife arent you

Answer 2

Egyptians=Arab. Egyptians were not black. The southern kingdoms around Egypt were, but Egypt was an Arab nation. Many of their slaves were black, but they also enslaved other Arabs and the Hebrew race as well.

Romans came after the Egyptians, and Vikings came WAY after the Egyptians.

That is also the most rascist website I have ever seen in my entire life. Anything that glorifies the "Justices" of the Nazi regime has issues. Black history in no way justifies the wrongs of the race as a whole. I highly recommend you take a look at what this website is actually saying and realize the inherent bullsh*t that it is trying to spread. The entire website is filled with lies and misinformation.

Answer 3

The climate or rather its proximity to the equator, would indicate a superfluous amount of sunshine in that area. Sun can bleach dark color fabrics. Sun can also bleach dark hair. To test this theory, tape a dark fabric to a window where sun shines through. In a few months, you will notice the shade has lightened. In fact, sun tanning was probably started by the Egyptians,
known for worship of the sun goddess Isis. Black hair could possibly lighten over time to brown and brown to red I have seen Africans from south Africa with reddish hair and dark skin as well, but this is just one theory.
From the referenced article, it would appear that "Ginger" is from mixed decent. Being of mixed decent myself, I display features of both races. (African American and Native American).
I have light skin, (the complexion of a caucasian with a reddish tan), and brown, reddish hair.
My sister had dark skin, with brown, reddish hair. Genetics can render some rather wild combinations, but it's our unique and individual differences that make this a better place in which to live.

I thought about the Vikings too, but Egyptians were affluent long before the Vikings were there, and Ginger's time period doesn't match.
I then Googled: What race were the ancient Egyptians?, and I came across an article I think you should read. It's quite interesting, and I believe it will answer your question.

And no, I didn't think the site was racist, it was one point of view. If told from the point of view of the mummy, it would be quite different.

Answer 4

This has been argued for so long and in such a passionate manner, I wonder if there is a prize for the winner. Everyone has a an agenda. Blacks say Egyptians were black and pretend this is further evidence that blacks were the dominant race, but now are having their "glorious past" covered up by some "white European conspiracy" to keep them down. Basing your own self-worth on the color of a decrepid, rotting mummy is f****** ridiculous!

Whites say white, and use it as evidence of European superiority. Also laughable. I wonder how humorous China or India will find the idea of white superiority over the next thousand years.

Humans! We are truly a bunch of idiots.

Answer 5

There are a number of reasons. One is that most of the Egyptians who had red hair were among the wealthier class of people. Many of them wore wigs, and red wigs were the colour of choice. Another reason was 'henna' -- which was used as a hair rinse (and which gives red lights to hair) and the third was the action of the sun. One of my granddaughters is half black. In the winter her hair is dark but when the summer sun hits it, it turns to a red-gold halo! I would imagine, given the strength of the sun in Egypt, there could have been similar reactions among the ancient peoples.
The Egyptians, by the way, were not Black Africans, they were Black with Caucasian features, which indicates their roots were farther north.

Answer 6

Egyptians are middle-eastern, not black. We have to understand that people traded even way back in those days. Red hair comes from the Vikings, so somewhere along the way, they traveled to that area. When you have a lot of trading going on people begin to live side by side and when you have wars, well people become property or citizens of that new kingdom. It's just a matter of time two different people come together and share DNA. I think it's racist when people get it in their heads that a certain culture is either all white or all black, it's insane to me. Middle-eastern people do not like to be called black. Even if many of them look mixed or bi-racial. Where you have great empires you are going to find a melting pot of people from all over.

Answer 7

I think they looked like modern-day Egyptians--darker skin, but not as dark as further south. Their art shows them that way, and they show some of the southern soldiers who later joined them as being black. Many of them died their hair with henna, which caused the red hair. As to the "Nordic" features, there is a tribe in Africa whose members have a number of characteristics we associate with each of the different races. They may very well be the original people we are descended from.

Answer 8

By "Black" I take it you mean Bantu i.e. of the same ethnic group as former American slaves.

The simple answer is that the ancient Egyptians were unrelated to the Bantu and that any information you have been given to the contrary is idiotic drivel.

The bottom line is that not everyone with skin tones in the darker range is a Bantu (the Dravidians of India are at least as "black" in skin tone) nor are all the peoples of Africa Bantus.

Answer 9

The Celts and Norse went everywhere. The pre-Celts were nomads and Egypt and the middle east were part of their trade routes. There are even ancient mummies that were dug up in the deserts of China that were red-haired and were wearing plaid. They were tested to be a lot older than Marco Polo. There was a show about it on Discovery. I forgot the name.

Answer 10

Egyptian slaves were black. The one's who enslaved them were of Roman decent which explains the fairer skin and sometimes red hair.