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Ancient Egyptians were racially white
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The claim that ancient Egyptians were racially white is contested, with historical racial theories and some older sources classifying them within Caucasian or Semitic categories, while modern scholarship views ancient Egypt as racially diverse with varying skin tones.

Evidence for · 3
New York City, Al-Hoda: The origin of the modern Syrian
1914 · cited by 0
Explicitly asserts that ancient Egyptians were racially white.
Evidence against · 1
Teachers College Press: The African unconscious : roots of ancient mysticism and modern psychology
1999 · cited by 0
Presents alternative perspectives arguing that Egyptians descended from Black populations.
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New York, Al-Hoda Publishing House: The origin of the modern Syrian
1914 · cited by 0
Explicitly states that ancient tribes of Egyptians were racially white.
New York University Press: The rise and fall of the Caucasian race : a political history of racial identity
2006 · cited by 0
Notes historical claims, such as Morton's 1839 classification of ancient Egyptians in the Caucasian race.
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  1. Wikipedia: Ancient Egyptian race controversyreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: took no side on this claim
  2. Wikipedia: Tutankhamunreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: took no side on this claim
  3. New York City, Al-Hoda: The origin of the modern Syrianreferencesupports
  4. New York, Al-Hoda Publishing House: The origin of the modern Syrianreferencesupports
  5. New York University Press: The rise and fall of the Caucasian race : a political history of racial identityreferencesupports
  6. Teachers College Press: The African unconscious : roots of ancient mysticism and modern psychologyreferencerefutes
  7. Routledge: White out : the continuing significance of racismreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC: Race in America : how a pseudoscientific concept shaped human interactionreferenceno side takennot shown: took no side on this claim
  9. Encyclopaedia Britannica: The New Encyclopaedia Britannicareferencesame source L8no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Encyclopaedia Britannica: The New Encyclopaedia Britannicareferencesame source L8no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. OpenAIRE: Black Egyptians and White Greeks?: Historical Speculation and Racecraft in the Video Game Assassin’s Creed: Originspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: took no side on this claim
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