Visually, the art of ancient Egypt was amenable to modernist taste ... each one colored slightly differently, from white to brown to black. It prompts two simultaneous thoughts, one a question ...

Pryor plays an archaeologist frustrated by his white ... into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now Opens Sunday— Feb. 17, 2025, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.

"I am against the film because it is pushing an Afrocentric agenda, regardless of the historical accuracy of whether Cleopatra was Black or White," Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Monica Hanna told CBS ...

The blast of Egyptian ... Art looked like pastry to me.” She completed Cleopatra’s Chair in 1994 (five years before her own groundbreaking solo exhibition at the Met). “Flight Into Egypt ...

So it’s safe to say that even with some Egyptian heritage, in today’s terms she wouldn’t have been Black but biracial ... today is no different. Visual art tells us as much.

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced the galaxy, such as the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of Nut.

In recent weeks, after outraged comment on Facebook group Egyptian History Defenders, the Dutch museum saw an influx of one-star Google reviews with comments like “Egypt was never Black ...

"Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was light-skinned, not Black," he said, pushing back against Black Americans who have claimed that the Egyptian civilization is of Black origin. He said that ...