that occurred following invasion and colonization of egypt -- long after the ascent of its culture, and when the bulk of its contributions to human civilization had been made.

like sopdet said, we've been all over this before. but people come and go here, that's how it is. please, though, check the following from the archives, and *then* let me know if you've still got questions...

http://www.okayplayer.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1745&forum=DCForumID1

http://www.okayplayer.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=2237&forum=DCForumID1

those cover the questions that you have, and more. (and provide other sources of info).

also, the thing about the paintings -- as sopdet mentioned -- stylistically they sometimes used different pigments to depict themselves, ie, bright yellow for the women, red for the men. of course, they did not literally look like that, they'd have been orange within a generation.

you can also see what they 'were' by checking out Old Kingdom statuary. a lot of times, that stuff is not displayed. museums be having stuff from the ptolemaic period all upfront.

check for pictures of khufu/cheops (builder of great pyramid). and tell me what they look like.






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