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Ancient history was from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500).
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What do historians infer about the world view of the ancient Egyptians based on the prophecy...
Here are some excerpts of Neferty's prophecy
Papyrus Hermitage 1116B, lines 17- to 21
Utterly destroyed are those times of happiness at those basin lakes,
with men set to slitting fish, ove …
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On the Ezana Stone, who are the black and red people that the Ethiopian king was referring to?
On the Ezana stone, the Axumite (modern day Ethiopia) king wrote in Ge'ez, Sabaean and Greek to describe his victory over the Kasu (Kushites) and Nuba (Nubians).
He mentions the black and red peoples …
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Is there any evidence in history to suggest that there was a Melanchro (dark-skinned) popula...
On Quora, I encountered a variety of unsourced claims on this subject which I will list below
There are accounts of Black Colchians:
In 522-443, a Greek poet named Pindar described the Colchians as
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Does modern scholarship accept an Ethiopian or Nubian origin for Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Diodorus Siculus made the claim that the Hieroglyphs were actually an Ethiopian script, which was held sacred by the Egyptians and was learned and transmitted only within the priestly families of Egyp …
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Are the Sabean people of Cushitic or Ethiopian origin?
The Sabeans are widely acknowledged to be of Semitic or south Arabian origin. Historical sources like Josephus Flavius and sections of the Bible seem to create conflicts about their origin.
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