Do you think Egypt always had the Arab demographics we see today?
There’s literally still native black Egyptians today.
Over the course of history many different races occupied Egypt. This idea it was completely monoracial is just some failure of American education system.
You do understand that the Arabs didn't displace the old Egyptians right? Their rulers converted to Islam or were conquered by Muslims. The people are the same they just speak a different language.
Of course there has always been some migration across the Sahara, but not in any large numbers, the Egyptians and the rest of northern Africa are and have always been about the same skin tone as the rest of the people around the Mediterranean.
During Egypt's 25th Dynasty. These rulers originated from the Kingdom of Kush (modern-day Sudan and southern Egypt) and brought significant Nubian culture to the Egyptian throne.
Short answer: yes , there is black people in egyptian civilisation
What does this have to do with Helen of Troy? She was the daughter of Zeus and a Spartan queen. Did Greeks interact with Egypt, and thus perhaps have a few folks looking like Lupita walking through the streets of Sparta? Maybe. But was Queen Leda of sub-Saharan African ancestry? No chance.
Personally, I don't care who Hollywood casts into movies. If they want Lupita playing Helen in the Odyssey or Jon Hamm taking lead role in the next Genghis Khan biopic, who gives a shit as far as I'm concerned. But let's not pretend either one is an accurate portrayal of what these two people would have looked like.
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u/CocoTheCoin 13d ago
So you're telling me Greek ships have never been to Africa? Greece and Egypt are literally next door to each other. US education is madness.