King Merenptah
2004-04-29 15:52:08 UTC
The general consensus reached at the Cairo Symposium was that there was no
evidence that the ancient Egyptians were white, and that Egypt was not
influenced by Mesopotamia, but the peoples from "the Great Lakes region in
inner-equatorial Africa."
For centuries, this area of equatorial Africa has been called "The Mountan of
the Moon" by the native inhabitants. As a matter of fact, in the language of
Ki-Swahili, 'Kilimanjaro' means "Mountain of the Moon," as does the Burgunda
word 'Rwenzori.' Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, rises to a
height of 19,340 feet. The second major contributor to the waters of the White
Nile is the Rwenzori Mountains, which border the countries of Uganda and Zaire.
The symposium also rejected the notion that Pharaonic Egyptian, which remained
a stable language for more than 4,500 years, was influenced by Semitic
language. The proceedings of the conference were published by UNESCO in 1978.
(Afro-Asiatic?)
One of the most significant revelations presented at the Cairo Symposium was
Diop's development of the "Melanin Dosage Test." This one simple test provided
the means by which one could determine the PHENOTYPE of the Egyptian royal
mummies by examining the melanin content present in their skin.
The test involved the acquisition of specimens, consisting of a few square
millimeters of mummified skin, which were then coated with ethyl benzoate and
exposed to natural or ultra-violet light. This procedure rendered the melanin
ganules in the skin specimen fluorescent, thus enabling them to be counted by
Diop who stated that the experiements:
...show a melanin level which is nonexistent in the white-skinned races. Let us
simply say that the evaluation of melanin level by microscopic examination is a
laboratory method which enables us to classify the ancient Egyptians
unquestionably among the black races.
--------MELANIN DOSAGE TEST---------
In practice it is possible to determine directly the skin color and hence the
ethnic affiliations of the ancient Egyptians by microscopic analysis in the
laboratory; I doubt if the sagacity of the researchers who have studied the
question has overlooked the possibility.
Melanin (eumelanin), the chemical body responsible for skin pigmentation, is,
broadly speaking, insoluble and is preserved for millions of years in the skins
of fossil animals.
20 There is thus all the more reason for it to be readily recoverable in the
skins of Egyptian mummies, despite a tenacious legend that the skin of mummies,
tainted by the embalming material, is no longer susceptible of any analysis.
21 Although the epidermis is the main site of the melanin, the melanocytes
penetrating the derm at the boundary between it and the epidermis, even where
the latter has mostly been destroyed by the embalming materials, show a melanin
level which is non-existent in the white-skinned races.
The samples I myself analyzed were taken in the physical anthropology
laboratory of the Mus'ee de l'Homme in Paris off the mummies from the Marietta
excavations in Egypt.
22 The same method is perfectly suitable for use on the royal mummies of
Thutmoses III, Seti I and Ramses II in the Cairo Museum, which are in an excel
state of preservation.
For two years past I have been vainly begging the curator of the Cairo Museum
for similar samples to analyze. No more than a few square millimetres of skin
would be required to mount a specimen, the preparations being a few um in
thickness and lightened with ethyl benzoate.
They can be studied by natural light or with ultra-violet lighting which
renders the melanin grains fluorescent.
Either way let us simply say that the evaluation of melanin level by
microscopic examination is a laboratory method which enables us to classify the
ancient Egyptians unquestionably among the black races.
By Cheikh Anta Diop
Source:
Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder
King Merenptah
"As long as the world is dominated by White people, as long as those white
scientists - who now claim that there is no validity to the study of race -
continue to practice racism socially and academically and, most important, as
long as the Black race bears the badge of inferiority forced upon it by
scientists who have DISTORTED and suppressed Black history, we shall
prominently focus on it whenever and whereever the truth can be told until
sincere men of science return the Black race to its former position of respect
and reverence on the earth." - L. Clegg
evidence that the ancient Egyptians were white, and that Egypt was not
influenced by Mesopotamia, but the peoples from "the Great Lakes region in
inner-equatorial Africa."
For centuries, this area of equatorial Africa has been called "The Mountan of
the Moon" by the native inhabitants. As a matter of fact, in the language of
Ki-Swahili, 'Kilimanjaro' means "Mountain of the Moon," as does the Burgunda
word 'Rwenzori.' Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, rises to a
height of 19,340 feet. The second major contributor to the waters of the White
Nile is the Rwenzori Mountains, which border the countries of Uganda and Zaire.
The symposium also rejected the notion that Pharaonic Egyptian, which remained
a stable language for more than 4,500 years, was influenced by Semitic
language. The proceedings of the conference were published by UNESCO in 1978.
(Afro-Asiatic?)
One of the most significant revelations presented at the Cairo Symposium was
Diop's development of the "Melanin Dosage Test." This one simple test provided
the means by which one could determine the PHENOTYPE of the Egyptian royal
mummies by examining the melanin content present in their skin.
The test involved the acquisition of specimens, consisting of a few square
millimeters of mummified skin, which were then coated with ethyl benzoate and
exposed to natural or ultra-violet light. This procedure rendered the melanin
ganules in the skin specimen fluorescent, thus enabling them to be counted by
Diop who stated that the experiements:
...show a melanin level which is nonexistent in the white-skinned races. Let us
simply say that the evaluation of melanin level by microscopic examination is a
laboratory method which enables us to classify the ancient Egyptians
unquestionably among the black races.
--------MELANIN DOSAGE TEST---------
In practice it is possible to determine directly the skin color and hence the
ethnic affiliations of the ancient Egyptians by microscopic analysis in the
laboratory; I doubt if the sagacity of the researchers who have studied the
question has overlooked the possibility.
Melanin (eumelanin), the chemical body responsible for skin pigmentation, is,
broadly speaking, insoluble and is preserved for millions of years in the skins
of fossil animals.
20 There is thus all the more reason for it to be readily recoverable in the
skins of Egyptian mummies, despite a tenacious legend that the skin of mummies,
tainted by the embalming material, is no longer susceptible of any analysis.
21 Although the epidermis is the main site of the melanin, the melanocytes
penetrating the derm at the boundary between it and the epidermis, even where
the latter has mostly been destroyed by the embalming materials, show a melanin
level which is non-existent in the white-skinned races.
The samples I myself analyzed were taken in the physical anthropology
laboratory of the Mus'ee de l'Homme in Paris off the mummies from the Marietta
excavations in Egypt.
22 The same method is perfectly suitable for use on the royal mummies of
Thutmoses III, Seti I and Ramses II in the Cairo Museum, which are in an excel
state of preservation.
For two years past I have been vainly begging the curator of the Cairo Museum
for similar samples to analyze. No more than a few square millimetres of skin
would be required to mount a specimen, the preparations being a few um in
thickness and lightened with ethyl benzoate.
They can be studied by natural light or with ultra-violet lighting which
renders the melanin grains fluorescent.
Either way let us simply say that the evaluation of melanin level by
microscopic examination is a laboratory method which enables us to classify the
ancient Egyptians unquestionably among the black races.
By Cheikh Anta Diop
Source:
Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder
King Merenptah
"As long as the world is dominated by White people, as long as those white
scientists - who now claim that there is no validity to the study of race -
continue to practice racism socially and academically and, most important, as
long as the Black race bears the badge of inferiority forced upon it by
scientists who have DISTORTED and suppressed Black history, we shall
prominently focus on it whenever and whereever the truth can be told until
sincere men of science return the Black race to its former position of respect
and reverence on the earth." - L. Clegg