What color were the eygptians?

Question

My friend @ schools says the egyptians were white (Well, tanned white)... tell me if thats true.

Answer 1

The earliest description we have is from the Greek historian Herodotus in the 4th century BC. He says of Egyptians "they have black skins and curly hair" . By that time Egypt had been invaded many times so there had to be many other groups also living there, so it is probably a generalization about the majority. They were about to be conquered by Alexander and become part of the Hellenistic world with a large influx of Greeks and later Romans.. The absence of information about race in the early writings show that the concerns about skin color is relatively new in human history.

Answer 2

the early Egyptians were probably Dark, African or middle eastern in appearance, but not a dark black.

When the Greeks invaded they bred with the Egyptians which did alter there appearance and made many of them appear more "European". By the time the Romans arrived the rullers looked more like greeks.

as was stated however, Egypt's empire stretched far and wide and absorbed many different people and cultures, so to say they were one "color" or another is really difficult to gage.

Answer 3

Just like the Roman's, the egyptians were a vast empire stretching from the depths of africa to the middle East. They were a civilization, not a race of people. They would have had Whites from Israel, Palestine, Hittite region, Blacks from Africa, and Browns from the middle East and Morrocco.