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Why is Ancient Egypt constantly being claimed as "white" or "black" when the surviving ancient artwork overwhelming shows brown Egyptians? It seems pretty clear they were majority pop mixed or at least not ethnically homogenous just by looks even without considering genetics or geography.

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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