When Africa was Kemet
Ancient Egyptians Were Black
Ancient Egyptians referred to their homeland as Kmt (conventionally pronounced as Kemet). According to Diop, the Egyptians referred to themselves as ”Black" people or kmt, and km was the etymological root of other words, such as Kam or Ham, which refer to Black people.
Senegalese scholar Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986's role in life was to challenge Eurocentric and Arab-centric perceptions of pre-colonial African society. He set out to prove definitively that Egypt's ancient civilization had its origins in Black Africa. At the Museum of Man in Paris, he performed melanin checks on Egyptian mummies and concluded that all the ancient Egyptians were among the Black races.
Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen and family analysis by DNATribes recently found that sub-Saharan Africans, especially those from Southern Africa and the Great Lakes region, are the closest living relatives of the mummies, Face2Face Africa documented.
Scouring the past of Egypt and ancient Egyptians, some ancient Greek historians said that the skin of ancient Egyptians was "melanchroes," that is, black or dark-skinned. The ancient Egyptians were also identified by early Latin eyewitnesses as "black-skinned."
Scholars Agree
…As they identify themselves as Kemet, which means “The Blacks," it seems that ancient Egyptians regarded themselves as black. “The term is a collective noun which thus described the whole people of Pharaonic Egypt as a Black person," according to Diop.
Reading Bones
Most of the skeletons and skulls of ancient Egyptians had characteristics similar to those of modern Black Nubians and other people of the Upper Nile and East Africa, showing they were Black and African, according to study by scientist Diop.
The Blood Group Tells Us
Also, blood type is evidence, according to Diop. He discovered that even after hundreds of years of intermixing with foreign invaders, the blood type of modern Egyptians is the same group B as West Africa populations on the Atlantic seaboard and not the white race's A2 characteristic prior to any crossbreeding The Atlanta Star reported…
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