Top 10 Myths: Cleopatra/Nefertiti ... was/was not Black/White ... (Ancient Art Podcast 43)

Number 2 in the countdown of the Top 10 Ancient Egyptian Myths and Misconceptions explores the hot issue of race and ethnicity in Ancient Egypt, including the two most frequently invoked figureheads of the discussion, the Egyptian queens Nefertiti and Cleopatra. Despite the heated rhetoric arguing for or against a specific racial identity for any Ancient Egyptian individual, the point remains that the Ancient Egyptians would have thought the whole modern debate is just plain silly, having been far more concerned with one's cultural affiliation than the color of one's skin. Visit http://www.ancientartpodcast.org/top10 for the complete Top 10 list. Explore more episodes, image galleries, credits, transcripts, and additional resources at http://ancientartpodcast.org. Connect at http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston and http://facebook.com/ancientartpodcast.

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[smodelux]

This video totally evades the question posed by the subject and is thus inherently pointless.

[SCARABsolutions]

@smodelux Argh...you've caught on to my evil master plan. But at least you found it "edutaining" enough to watch all the way through.

[Raybanmonster]

@BioChemFailure I love the fact that you are trying to insult me to bring me down somehow. It shows me that I get to you. Unfortunately you do not get to me at all. I simply dont care.. blank...lol

[BioChemFailure]

@Raybanmonster LOGICAL FALLACY: Nigger

Debater is a nigger.

[wotan237]

@SCARABsolutions thank goodness I read this comment here, it caused me to stop watching this worthless Vid at 1:33

[MsButterflyeffect01]

Hahahahaha white people make me laugh how they want so much to connect to Africa. Mind you own business in Europe instead of always invading Africa, America and Australia. No one called ou to the dinner of knowledge because you don't worth it.

[delagrazia]

very good point They did not care much about skin colour There is no ancient document supporting this point of view The cultural aspects-way of life were more important Greeks for ex respected the egyptians although their skin was described as brown but called at one point Alexander +macedonians "worse than barbartians"/not even barbarians Barbarian being whoever did not have their own civilised ways

[iagazidai33]

Alexander the Great conquer Egypt and put his friend as Pharaon.