who were the black Kushites?

Question

According to numerous the Herodotus the Kushites were the forefathers of the ancient Egyptians living south of the border and that Egypt was a Kushite colony. "[The Ethiopians] say that the Egyptians are settlers from among themselves and that Osiris was the leader of the settlement. The customs of the Egyptians, they say, are for the most part Ethiopian, the settlers having preserved their old traditions. For to consider the kings gods, to pay great attention to funeral rites, and many other things, are Ethiopian practices, and also the style of their statues and the form of their writing are Ethiopian. Also the way the priestly colleges are organized is said to be the same in both nations. For all who have to do with the cult of the gods, they maintain, are [ritually] pure: the priests are shaved in the same way, they have the same robes and the type of scepter shaped like a plough. Upper Egypt in ancient times extended well into what is now the country of Sudan (known in ancient times as Nubia or Kush). It was from Upper Egypt (Nubia or Kush) that the first pharaoh of Egypt Narmer (also known as Menes) went out to conquer and unify all of Egypt into one nation or kingdom. It was from here (the South) that the original ancestors of the Egyptians, following the direction of the Nile River north, settled the land of Egypt. The Egyptians themselves recorded in their writings that their ancestors came from the south. For example, the Edfu text (which is an inscription still found in the Temple of Horus at Edfu) states: "Several thousand years ago, we were led by our king from the South to settle up the Nile Valleys."

Answer 1

Simple answer. Herodotus has been known to be very, very wrong on many things. Look to the genetic, anthropological and archaeological evidence.

Answer 2

You seemed to have answered your own question, and very well, I might add...

Though the first Pharoahs were believed to have been *******, by the Middle Kingdom (2500 BCE), the Nile Delta (North), had been settled by lighter-skinned Hamites, and the subsequent mixing that has occured during the past 5000 years, has resulted in the tan color of the modern Egyptians, especially those living around Cairo

Answer 3

I have sources other than Herodotus, that confirm what you are saying about Egyptians and Ethiopians. The original Egyptians were black Africans, they didn't become more "Arab" looking until later, (I'm working this off the top of my head, so I don't have any dates) but I think it wasn't until they mixed in with the Mennonites? I believe is when we see what Modern Egyptians look like, and of course they mixed with the Greeks and Romans.

Answer 4

Actually skeleton and skull reserach prove dthat the Egyptians were Mediterranean Caucasians