Berter
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Post by Berter on Apr 9, 2004 15:17:34 GMT -5
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Post by berschneider on Apr 9, 2004 15:22:33 GMT -5
amazing stuff
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Post by Melnorme on Apr 9, 2004 15:23:37 GMT -5
Yes, but the reconstruction is biased, they gave him very dark skin.
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Post by berschneider on Apr 9, 2004 15:32:34 GMT -5
Can they know what was the colour of his skin?
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Post by Melnorme on Apr 9, 2004 15:35:11 GMT -5
Can they know what was the colour of his skin? Probably not. I don't doubt there were very dark/black people in ancient Egypt, but looking at his facial features, I doubt he was one of them.
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Post by eufrenio on Apr 9, 2004 15:36:49 GMT -5
Yes, but the reconstruction is biased, they gave him very dark skin. I agree. They should have gone for light brown. What´s the point of a reconstruction if you can hardly see the features of the reconstructed face because it´s too dark? Afrocentrism at work?
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Post by berschneider on Apr 9, 2004 15:40:09 GMT -5
or they could have presented several versions with different shades of skin colour. Of course you can also use your imagination - imagine him with pinkish skin.
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Post by Scoob on Apr 9, 2004 16:15:12 GMT -5
People in that part of Africa are some of the darkest in the world. NE Africans such as Ethiopians commonly combine the blackest skin in Africa with very fine Caucasian-like fine features.
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Post by eufrenio on Apr 9, 2004 16:24:05 GMT -5
People in that part of Africa are some of the darkest in the world. NE Africans such as Ethiopians commonly combine the blackest skin in Africa with very fine Caucasian-like fine features. Ethiopia is in East Africa. Egypt is NE Africa.
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Berter
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Post by Berter on Apr 9, 2004 17:49:43 GMT -5
Yes, but the reconstruction is biased, they gave him very dark skin. The set of choices for the skin color was limited. I think that the reconstructors have opted for the Ramsis's skin color shown on the old egyptian paintings: 1. 2. According to Kemp, egyptian males were painted with this brown-dark color in ordre to differenciate them from the women....
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Post by berschneider on Apr 9, 2004 18:04:01 GMT -5
The set of choices for the skin color was limited. I think that the reconstructors have opted for the Ramsis's skin color shown on the old egyptian paintings: That's reasonable. According to Kemp, egyptian males were painted with this brown-dark color in ordre to differenciate them from the women That sounds logical too, especially if there are no other clues no differentiate between males and females and you have to use paint to mark them. I guess I know why their imaginary race is dying out.
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Berter
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Post by Berter on Apr 9, 2004 18:19:27 GMT -5
That sounds logical too, especially if there are no other clues no differentiate between males and females and you have to use paint to mark them. This clue exists: the breasts!.....egyptian males were most of the time painted with naked chests... I guess I know why their imaginary race is dying out. Why!?..
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Post by berschneider on Apr 9, 2004 18:26:49 GMT -5
Keep in mind, that "reconstruction" was put together by Alexander Derrick, an African-American graphic artist Treason!
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Post by Limesucker on Apr 9, 2004 18:29:58 GMT -5
To put it in perspective, here's another depiction of Ramesses II (right), compared to "Negroid" African (far left), Semite (2nd from left) and Libyan (3rd).
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Post by berschneider on Apr 9, 2004 18:31:51 GMT -5
This clue exists: the breasts!.....egyptian males were most of the time painted with naked chests... Indeed! I thought Egyptian males had female breasts and they had to paint them dark brown to distinguish who is who.
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