Egypt
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- Cultural Identity In The Ancient Mediterranean
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Anna Lucille Boozer) Erich S. Gruen (ed.), Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean. Issues & Debates. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2010. Cultural identity is defined by the ways in which groups...
- Cleopatra’s True Racial Background (and Does It Really Matter?)
Oxford University Press blog (Duane W. Roller) Racial profiling and manipulation have been around for a very long time. It has become an issue in contemporary politics, and over 2500 years ago the Greek historian Herodotos wrote that ethnicity was regularly...
- Review (and Author's Response): History Lesson
History Lesson by Mary Lefkowitz (Yale University Press) The Wall Street Journal (Reviewed by John Leo) I've had to carve this review up to give a sense of its direction without stealing the entire thing. It is a fascinating piece and the response...
- Why King Tut's Ethnicity Is Such A Complex Issue
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Barnes) The author raises the issue of why the exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs has resulted in protestors saying that the organizers have downplayed the role of black Africa in Egypt's past. It...
- A New Picture Of Ethnic Diversity
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/health/16136188.htm"Scholars have long believed that ancient Egypt was a genetic stew of ethnicity, as the fabled kingdom was both a center of international trade and often the victim of foreign invasions. Now,...
Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Ethnicity
http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=1475
An article raising the subject of the ethnicity of the Ancient Egyptians, and supporting the view that they were of black African origins and culture. It claims that beginning with Napoleon, the true ethnicity of Ancient Egyptians has been disguised by western opinion. A fairly forceful and opinionated article, as you might expect from the domain name in the URL for this item.
- Cultural Identity In The Ancient Mediterranean
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Anna Lucille Boozer) Erich S. Gruen (ed.), Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean. Issues & Debates. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2010. Cultural identity is defined by the ways in which groups...
- Cleopatra’s True Racial Background (and Does It Really Matter?)
Oxford University Press blog (Duane W. Roller) Racial profiling and manipulation have been around for a very long time. It has become an issue in contemporary politics, and over 2500 years ago the Greek historian Herodotos wrote that ethnicity was regularly...
- Review (and Author's Response): History Lesson
History Lesson by Mary Lefkowitz (Yale University Press) The Wall Street Journal (Reviewed by John Leo) I've had to carve this review up to give a sense of its direction without stealing the entire thing. It is a fascinating piece and the response...
- Why King Tut's Ethnicity Is Such A Complex Issue
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Barnes) The author raises the issue of why the exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs has resulted in protestors saying that the organizers have downplayed the role of black Africa in Egypt's past. It...
- A New Picture Of Ethnic Diversity
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/health/16136188.htm"Scholars have long believed that ancient Egypt was a genetic stew of ethnicity, as the fabled kingdom was both a center of international trade and often the victim of foreign invasions. Now,...