Egyptians: A Unique Geographical Identity
Egyptians are a collective of ethnic people who live in Egypt and who speak a variety of Egyptian Arabic. Geographical location is directly related to Egypt's identity. The majority of Egypt's population resides in the lower Nile Valley, a limited area of arable land that stretches from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and is bordered to the west and east by dry land. Since the middle times, the development of the Egyptian community has been based on this unique geography. Egyptian people are one of the largest ethnic groups and are regarded as one nation. The question of the origins of the race of early Egyptians emerged as a result of the first racial ideas of the 18th and 19th century and it was associated with the models of racial hierarchy mainly founded on genetics, chronometry, and anthropometry. (Romer, 2013) Various perceptions spread about the racial identity of the Egyptians and the origin of their culture. These were classically recognized depending on the differences between Negroid and Caucasoid racial groups. Some researchers argued that the early Egyptian culture was affected by other Afro-asiatic-speaking people in the Middle East or the Northern Africa, while others attributed the influences to the Nubian people in Europe.
The History of Egyptians
Egyptians are North African Caucasoid who have lived in North Africa a long period, since the birth of the Caucasian tribe 42,000 YBP. (Romer, 2013)The Egyptians most likely sprung from this remedial Caucasoid stock, mingle with a small portion of black. Renovations of old ancient Egyptian faces do not look like Negroid faces. A look at the work on Egyptian walls indicates that the Egyptians are golden-skinned individuals contrasting with white Caucasians of Lybia and of the black individual of Nubian origin.
The early Egyptians also inscribed about Blacks as alien individuals who were always used as slaves. The Egyptians perceived blacks were not smart but considered them to be great entertainers, musicians, and athletes. In 15000 YBP, a huge movement of early Caucasoid shifted down to North Africa from Europe, repositioning the blacks and moving them away further to Africa. (Green, Jen)
The early Caucasoid in the furthest region possesses a very ancient descent dating back to 42000 YBP. Skull genetic researches indicate that early Egyptians were the mainly Caucasoid race that most likely no longer in existence. Nonetheless, that group is the closest to today's Egyptians who are about 91% percent Caucasian and 1% Black.
The Copts of Egypt are the closest individuals in terms of genetics to the early Egyptians. Looking closely at the Egyptian Copts clearly shows that they are certainly not Black individuals.
Controversy over the Origins of Egyptians
It has not yet been proven that early Egyptians invaded or emigrated from the African continent. The entire evidence indicates that there were indigenous African individuals, all of their writings indicate to the Upper Nile -Nubian and Sudanese origins with their recognizable existence as a people, town state and the central point for their hereditary empire extends across thousands of years in a single geographical area, Africa. (Romer, 2013) Any extent of non-black blood which was clear in Egypt originated away from the African continent and up to the Ptolemaic Greeks, the presence of many invaders did not last long and eventually repulsed.
Thousands of studies during the years of skeletal residues from graves provide the truth that the primeval Egyptians a well as the current population are part of the Mediterranean kind of Caucasian individuals. Currently, as they are residing in Africa, northern Sahara, a portion that seems protruding from the Red Sea, and on the west of the Atlantic Ocean. Throughout the Neptunian period about 12000 years BC, the micro burin technique was very similar to Northern Egypt and the environs south of the Dead Sea in Palestine. (Green, Jen) In addition, the exchange of individuals is also established by archeologists. Furthermore, houses such as round huts halfway dug into the ground are the same for these places. The intrusion of individuals to Egypt during the last 2000 years impacted the biggest section of the population and researchers view that the current human population is very similar to the prehistoric period. The skin color becomes darker when moving towards the south due to the effects of the sun. However, currently, the Egyptian language is frequently outspread through television broadcast. Nonetheless, it is factual that ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians are not affiliated to black sub-Saharans. Therefore the genetic laborers of the University of Cairo and the Egyptian Museum could in 2010 verify in agreement that King Titan Kham's DNA came from West Europe which is not related to the black Africans or Asians.
Archeologists have failed to determine where the Egyptians originated from. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson states "They don't seem to have any period of development; they just seem almost to appear overnight" (Green, Jen)Such statement has lead to people to contemplate and has certainly been the foundation for the unorthodox who insinuate it was created by visitors or aliens from Atlantis. By studying the earliest rock art which is composed of images that resemble those written on the great Egyptian monuments, Wilkinson resolved that they were at one time Stone Age nomads who shifted their animals when river Nile flooded each summer. (Green, Jen) No written records can be traced from ancient Egyptians. However, their artwork portrays a story of periodical nomads who abandoned the river valley when the Nile over flooded. It was until later that they discovered to tend the Nile and started framing. Once that occurred, they acquired free time to develop a monumental building technique, compound government, and hieroglyphics.
In addition, there is no prove to indicate any huge non-African populations shifting into early. Egypt even at the time of invasions, leave alone building a 91% indigenous European people who would have engulfed early Egypt's genetic bases which were originally African.
Conclusion
From first Greek historians and scholars to prominent researchers, to the religious text, all have constantly quoted enormous evidence which confirms that Ancient Egypt was originally from ancient Africa and that the individuals were regarded African and black. Furthermore, anyone observing the great Spinx face and notices the different features apart from those of a phonotypical sub-Saharan African, they would be deliberately deceiving themselves. Nonetheless, there is no scientific evidence to proof that the original ancestors of Egyptians evolved and emerged out of Northeast Africa. The primary general genetic structure of the present population is uniform with the multiplicity of ancient people who would have been aboriginal to northern Africa and essence to the array of evolutionary effects over a period. However, scholars differ in their illustrations of those influences.
Works Cited
Green, Jen. Egyptians. 1st ed., New York, NY, Power kids Press, 2010,.
John Romer A History of Ancient Egypt. 1st From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid ed., US. Edition, 2013.
