Direct Evidence of Fair Hair and Blue Eyes in Ancient
Egypt
102 of 115 Racially‑Identifiable Mummies Were White
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Commentary ‑‑ Direct Evidence of Fair Hair and Blue Eyes in Ancient Egypt
The mummy of the wife of King Tutankhamen has auburn hair. (61) A mummy
with
red hair, red mustache and red beard was found by the pyramids at Saqqara. (62)
Red‑haired mummies were found in the crocodile‑caverns of Aboufaida. (63) The
book HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES mentions a mummy with
reddish‑brown hair. (64)
the mummies of Rameses II (65) and Prince Yuaa (66) have fine silky yellow
hair. The mummy of another pharaoh, Thothmes II, has light chestnut‑colored
hair. (67)
An article in a leading British anthropological journal states that many
mummies have dark reddish‑brown hair. (68) Professor Vacher De Lapouge
described a blond mummy found at Al Amrah, which he says has the face and
skull
measurements of a typical Gaul or Saxon. (69) A blond mummy was found at
Kawamil along with many chestnut‑colored ones. (70) Chestnut‑haired mummies
have been found at Silsileh. (71) The mummy of Queen Tiy has "wavy brown hair."
(72) Unfortunately, only the mummies of a very few pharaohs have survived to
the 20th century, but a large proportion of these are blond.
The Egyptians have left us many paintings and statues of blondes and redheads.
Amenhotep III's tomb painting shows him as having light red hair. (73) Also,
his features are quite European. A farm scene from around 2000 B.C. in the tomb
of the nobleman Meketre shows redheads. (74) An Egyptian scribe named Kay at
Sakkarah around 2500 B.C. has blue eyes. (75) Here is a picture of him:
http://www.delphi.com/redramesses/messages/?msg=21.1
The tomb of Menna (18th Dynasty) at West Thebes shows blond girls. (76) The
god
Horus is usually depicted as white. He is very white in the Papyrus Book of the
Dead of Lady Cheritwebeshet (21st Dynasty), found in the Egyptian Museum in
Cairo. (77)
A very striking painting of a yellow‑haired man hunting from a chariot can be
found in the tomb of Userhet, Royal Scribe of Amenophis II. (78) The yellow‑
haired man is Userhet. The same tomb has paintings of blond soldiers. The tomb
of Menna also has a wall painting showing a blond man supervising two dark‑
haired workers scooping grain. (79)
The Funerary stele (inscribed stone slab) of Priest Remi clearly shows him as
having red hair, (80) although he couldn't have been a priest of Set at such a
late date. A common good luck charm was the eye of Horus, the so‑called
Wedjat
Eye. (81) The eye is always blue, and the word "wedjat" means "green" (or
blue?) in Egyptian. A very attractive painting is found on the wall of a
private tomb in West Thebes from the 18th Dynasty. The two deceased parents
are
white people with black hair. Mourning them are two pretty fair‑skinned girls
with light blond hair and their red‑haired older brother. (82)
Queen Thi is painted as having a rosy complexion, blue eyes and blond hair.
(83) She was co‑ruler with her husband Amenhotep III and it has been said of
their rule. "The reign of Amenhotep III was the culminating point in Egyptian
history, for never again, in spite of the exalted effort of the Ramessides, did
Egypt occupy so exalted a place among the nations of the world as she had in
his time." (84) Amenhotep III looks northern European in his statues.
Paintings of people with red hair and blue eyes were found at the tomb of Bagt
in Beni Hassan. (85) Many other tombs at Beni Hassan have paintings of
individuals with blond and red hair as well as blue eyes. (86) Paintings of
blonds and redheads have been found among the tombs at Thebes. (87) Blond
hair
and blue eyes were painted at the tomb of Pharaoh Menphtah in the valley of the
Kings. (88) Paintings from the Third Dynasty show native Egyptians with red
hair and blue eyes. (89) They are shepherds, workers and bricklayers.
A blond woman was painted at the tomb of Djeser‑ka‑ra‑seneb in Thebes. (90) A
model of a ship from about 2500 B.C. is manned by five blond sailors. (91) The
god Nuit was painted as white and blond. (92) A painting at the tomb of
Meresankh III at Giza, from about 2485 B.C., shows white skin and red hair.
(93) Two statues from about 2570 B.C., found in the tombs at Medum, show
Prince
Rahotep and his wife Nofret. He has light green stones for eyes. She has violet‑
blue stones. (94) A painting from Iteti's tomb at Saqqara shows a very Nordic‑
looking man with blond hair. (95) Grafton Smith mentions the distinctly red
hair of the 18th Dynasty mummy Henutmehet. (96)
Harvard Professor Carleton Coon, in his book THE RACES OF EUROPE, tells us
that "many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper
class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern
Europeans, especially long‑headed ones." (Note: Nordics are long‑headed.) (97)
Long‑headed Europeans are most common in Britain, Scandinavia, the
Netherlands,
and northern Germany.
I repeat MANY OF THE OFFICIALS, COURTIERS, AND PRIESTS,
REPRESENTING THE UPPER
CLASS OF EGYPTIAN SOCIETY ... LOOKED STRIKINGLY LIKE MODERN
EUROPEANS
Time‑Life books put out a volume called RAMESES II THE GREAT. It has a good
picture of the blond mummy of Rameses II. Another picture can be found in the
book X‑RAYING THE PHARAOHS, especially the picture on the jacket cover. It
shows his yellow hair.
A book called CHRONICLE OF THE PHARAOHS was recently published
showing
paintings, sculptures and mummies of 189 pharaohs and leading personalities of
Ancient Egypt. Of these, 102 appear European, 13 look Black, and the rest are
hard to classify. All nine mummies look European.
A recent discovery of Egyptian mummies from the Roman period astonished
researchers. One‑third ot the mummies were fair‑haired! Why do most news
reports from Zawi Hawass fail to mention this important fact? Here is the
information:
http://www.delphi.com/nordichistory/messages/?msg=512.4
The very first pharaoh, Narmer, also known as Menes, looks very European. The
same can be said for Khufu's cousin Hemon, who designed the Great Pyramid of
Giza, with help from Imhotep. A computer‑generated reconstruction of the face
of the Sphinx shows a European‑looking face. (98) It was once painted sunburned
red. (99) The Egyptians often painted upper class men as red and upper class
women as white; this is because the men became sun‑burned or tanned while
outside under the burning Egyptian sun. The women, however, usually stayed
inside.
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Sardinian Pyramid and Abu Dhabi Mastaba
I read a strange statement in THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED PREHISTORY OF
EUROPE that
there is a pyramid in Sardinia. If stone‑building technology spread from
Brittany to Egypt, one would expect to find something like this on Sardinia,
which is halfway between the two. In fact, going by boat, it is closer to Egypt
than to Britanny. Here is the statement on page 199: "Somewhat similar
manifestations occur in the rock‑cut tombs of Sardinia, which may copy above
ground structures in wood, and other surface monuments such as the collective
burials of the Tombe di Giganti with their horned forecourts, and the notable
PYRAMID MOUND of Monte d'Accodi near Sassari. (emphasis added)
Here are some pictures of pyramids in the Canary Islands, Sardinia, and Sicily!
Schilfbootprojekt Abora
Address:
http://home.htwm.de/abora/csslv/triangle/triangle.htm Changed:5:41 AM on
Thursday, May 11, 2000
Here is a fascinating map showing the location of ancient reed boats. Thor
Heyerdahl built such a raft called the Ra after the Egyptian Sun God and sailed
across the Atlantic Ocean in it. His theory is that an ancient race of redheads
in reedboats spread civilization all over the word, including the world's first
civilization in Sumer. He believed that redheads sailed up the Persian Gulf to
Sumer.
Schilfbootprojekt Abora
Address:
http://home.htwm.de/abora/csslv/worldrb/worldrb.htm
Here is a picture of the "pyramid" at Monte d'Accodi. It was built between 3300‑
2800 BC and is said in this article to resemble the ziggurats of Mesopotamia.
ALTARE PREISTORICO MONTE D'ACCODDI ‑ PORTO TORRES
Address:
http://www.ilportalesardo.it/archeo/ssptorres2.htm
Here is a brief article explaining that Monte d'Accodi is a truncated pyramid
resembling a ramped ziggurat in Mesopotamia:
LUOGHI DI CULTO
Address:
http://www.google.com/search?
q=cache:www.isacnet.com/intertour/inglese/luocult.htm+%2B%22Accodi%22+%2B%
22pyramid%22&hl=en
Here is a picture:
Monte d'Accodi
Address:
http://www.comuneportotorres.com/storia/big/accodi.html
Here is a great picture! If you get the page with all the pyramid pictures
click on the lower right‑hand corner to see the big beautiful picture of Monte
d'Accodi.
Schilfbootprojekt Abora
Address:
http://www.htwm.de/abora/csslv/triangle/triangle.htm
If you scroll down a page or two you will find a fascinating little article
about an expedition in reed boats proving that the Egyptian pyramids were
influenced by megalith builders from Europe:
Reed Boat Expedition Sardinia‑Canary Islands
Address:
http://www.htwm.de/abora/foreign/eng.htm
Here is a picture of a ziggurat. Note the ramp.
reconstruction_ur.gif
Address:
http://www‑lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/reconstruction_ur.gif
Mastaba in Abu Dhabi (Persian Gulf). This resembles the early pre‑pyramidal
forms in Egypt.
Bilder Christo ‑ Mastaba of Abu Dhabi
Address:
http://www.3w‑art.de/christo/cho1705.htm
Here is an Egyptian mastaba:
Mastaba
Address:
http://i‑cias.com/e.o/mastaba.htm
Here are three large mastabas side by side:
Mastaba
Address:http://it‑student.hivolda.no/prosjekt/v00/Det_gamle_Egypt/mastaba.htm
Changed:5:46 PM on Friday, June 9, 2000
Footnotes are at http://community.webtv.net/Xoxana/FOOTNOTES
http://www.delphi.com/prehistory
The epilogue to this article can be found at
http://community‑1.webtv.net/Xoxana/AMAZINGNEW/
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