"What's wrong with this picture? Remem ber, i n the minds of the Eurocentric, E gyptians are White Caucasian people, or at least Indo-European. So, when Egypt, in the 8th century, started to fall apart, their solution was in their subjects to the South, the Nubians. "The article says that the 'elite Nu bians' embraced the Egyptian culture which included worshiping Amun, building pyramids, and using the Egyptian language. Their Egyptian conquerors 'installed Nubian Chiefs as administrators' and schooled the children of favorite Nubians at Thebes. "The article im plies that Nubians, after being subjected (or conquered) by Egyptians in the 18th Dynasty, became the first 'Egyptomanics' meaning they fell head over heels in love with the culture of their Conquerors. "I believe that by saying that only the 25th Dynasty is Black saves Eurocentric scholars a nd writers from admitting that one of the most significant birthplaces of writing, science, philosophy and the arts was originated by Black people! Th ere is a timeline displayed in the article that doesn't even mention the 1st - 3rd Dynasties at all! Why not? This is when the Great Pyramid and possibly the Sphinx (maybe earlier) were created! "The above deals with just the misleading title of the article, but the story goe s even further in error and or deception by implying that the 25th Dynasty is the only Dynasty that was Black or Nubian, when in fact the 1st through 6th Dynasties, the 12th and 18th and then the 25th Dynasty were Nubian (Black). In truth the "Black Pharaohs" were invited to get rid of the real invader, the Libyans, and return Egypt to its former glory and ways. Now wait a minute! The title said that the 'Black P haraohs' (Nubians) were conquerors of Ancient Egypt. "'Who was in a po sition to return Egypt to its former state of might and sanctity?' The Egyptian Priests 'looked south and foun d their answer'. But, as you read further into the article you´ll find that the writer says that - after the Libyans (who were not Black) had taken over and toned down the devotion to Amun (Egyptian God), the Priests feared a godless end. "Now is that impossible, that Blacks attacked and conquered other Blacks? No, not at all. You don't conquer places-you conquer people! So the article implies that Nubians (Blacks), who had the same culture and form of dress, I might add, attacked and conquered these other Blacks (Egyptians). The subtitle goes on to say that these Black Pharaohs (who were Nubians) conquered Ancient Egypt. The writer of the article himself states that Egypt was "ruled by Libyan chiefs who put on the trappings of pharaonic traditions" they were not Pharaoh and they were not native. "Now, there were diff erent non -Egyptian conquerors who h ad temporarily taken over Egypt, but no one nationally accepted enough to be called the Egyptians native leader or 'Pharaoh'.
Black not in the sense of all of them being the literal color, but of the many shades of people as experienced here in America amongst African-Americans or the many shade s of people in Ethiopia. Egyptians, during the time of 'Pharaohs,' were Black people. The title says 'The Black Pharaohs' as if to imply that the re were White Pharaohs or a Pharaoh other than an Egyptian. I refer to it as 'seemingly' in that the article title is misleading and the context of the story is deceptive to say the least. "It was a milestone in the sense that this was the first t ime ever that National Geographic Magazine had admitted that there wer e ever any Black Pharaohs in Egypt at all. "A milestone was seemingly achieved this February of 2008 when National Geographic Magazine did a front cover story entitled 'The Black Phara ohs: Conquerors of Ancient Egypt'.