On the monuments the; Egyptians represent $h.e men. of their nation red Athe wbmeb
y e lk » ; which leads to the reasonable inference that the icomman conaplexion w a s dark\
in the same sense in which that term is applicable to.the Arabs and other'southerniGîahÿ
casian nations, and varying, as among .the jnodeijnillindoesfîÿjQjn comparatively dair to â
dark and swarthy hue« “ Two facts,” says Heeren, “ are historically-dem„®nattof$edt;ione,
that among the Egyptians t.hemselveswthereL.was a differencejiohacolour; individuals
are expresslycdistinguished fcem;eaah other .by’ being o f a d ^ b f i^ o E d ig h t ie in é om p I é x io n :
-the other/that jfhe higher G a s t e s o f w a r r io r s and priests, wherever' they à f é j represented
in; colours, pertain to thei-fairer 'class/5
That the Ethiopians proper, ©r Médites, were of a dark, and perhaps very-dank
plexion, is mote than probable; and among other faets.in support of thisrvidw, -we; fe d
that the mother of Amunoph U&I.,; and wife of Thotmes Spi, who .was a Mj&rgite princess,
is painted black the monuments.. Thus the different complexion o fe fe great div?b-
sions of#the Egyptian naMon$m,ust sometimes have-been blended, MjfUheir
#SAlraits, efy&h'iii the membe®&-ef4he royal .fondly.
g It is mot,, however, to be supposed that the Egyptians were really red men;tas'^fcy-ate-
represented on the -monunaerifo. This colour^ with a^symbolic- signification, waisisbbhsirenf
tionaily adopted f e theysih&l© naünni (with very rare exceptions,) from Merôe to'-Iffem*
phis^i iThus, also, the kings of the Greek and Roman dÿaàgtiès «m painted
complexion.*-
Professor Rosellini supposes the Egyptians to havebeen of •abraw-n, or reddish-brown
colour, (rosso-fosco,) like th® present inhabitants of N ubia; but, with -all deference to that
illustrious archaeologist, I conceive that his remark is only applicable to*.Jh%,iAhstisl-
Egyptians as a group, and not to the inhabitants of Egypt proper, except asi-\a partial
residtsof that mixture of nations to which I hay© already adverted, and which will be
more fullyinquiredinto hereafter.
- -T h e well known observation ®f Ammianus Marcellinus,- “Hemmes Ægyptii pleriqwt
subfusùdli sunt>; et atrati/? ^sufficiently descriptive, and corresponds with-mther po^ftive
evidence; in relation to the great mass of the people; and when the autbôEïsubsequetttly
tells us that the Egyptians “ blush and grow red,” we find it difficult to associate these
ideas with a black, or any approximation to a black skin.f g
The late Doctor Young, in his Hieroglyphical Literature, has given a translations of a
Seed en papyrus of the reign of Ptolemy Alexander I.^ih which the parties!© apsâteiof
* It is a Curious fact observed by RoseHini and others, that the Greeks painted some- of their-divkiities.red, as Jupiter
and Pan; and'even Venushersélf appears to bave beep, sometimes represented o f f he same colour. Monumenti Civdi,
r i .,p . 1B9. .
f “ By saÿîug that the Egyptians, fo r the moot y u rt, are o f a brownish or somewhat brown colour, and of a tanned
and blackened hue, the writer shows that this was not the ease, equally, at least, with all o f them jgand'.the expression
subfusculi and atrati are very dififerent from nig ri of atri.”—-Pr ic h a r d , Researches, II., p. 232. -
“ T ra le specie d’uomini non affatto neri 3i p e lle,e dl fattezze divers! da qnelhfclfejwWfamAoliliejîiamarè African/
furorio gli antichi Egizi: e quando Erodoto afferma che i .Côlchi erano una colonia d’Egitto, perché dessi pure avevano
nero colore, non vuolsi già intende rigorosamente di quel colore, che proprio è dei N e ri; ma tale ci lo chiama per rispelto
al coloré dei Bianchi e dei Greci stessi; e perché veramente l’incarnato degli Egiziani al nero in qualche modo si avvici-
nava. Noi lo diremmo con più giustezza color fosco ; e questo epiteto diedero anche i Latini agli abitanti dell ’Egitto,
come si legge in Properzio: “ An tibi non satis est fu n d s Egyptus alumnis!”—Rosellini, Mon«.,Givi, II.; p» 167.
Thebes arqudesc^llwjai^ the^follo^ijig terms Psammonthes, aged about 45,
t?ize7 (Ihrl l j ^ m ^ ^ ^ l n ^ tnd handsome figure, bald, round-faced and gtraight-
n . O ' - e t L - ; . a g e d * a b ( m k2ffi[of middle gijze, sallow complexion, round-faced and
miffmCl|CTasci .. agffil1'about 22/t)fffiidd1e- size, sallow complexion,
r o i t e i f i . e a n c m r :;.<'nnd Tathlyt Persinei, aged about 30, of
iiiiilclTC^iife^allbsnfeotf m ^ oji Sound; faoh landf Straight nose, the four being children of
th^Melnffiima| and Ndche$te$ *the less, the son of
A to uti ©, ®(' «1. 'ajlinv !■ ©Inflexion cheerful’countenance, long, face
aiidg^inghj'dose. with a scar ijpjSfjiio t^elorelatead.'”; nlri another &b<rof:the
s.imgs.epocjbj| 1 jjgSlDfl£'!»% , S^oung, | n Egyp/lEn-' named Anophris is described as
“ tail/-d r aj ^illdw. complexTqpil w^ey^d aSidfltold!” J..I
B ^Mo f e p e n d ' e n t l y o i k The" other physical characters preserved in these ddcu-
m/nls,Jtlm'Temarks^ Interest; fp | th ^ ^ o w 'th a t among
;sil^mvidua1sm£threeEMirmn^niilies -one had.a dark compj^on/and that afi
rest were- ®|low. s
W^©m the, p% '^ |ii4 qlhejrSii^Shjg^glft be adducedr I think we may
|h|s ttipmpj^ion ot itluj not dififer, rfrom that of/the
niM paucasian haitioiis in the ^me^jlaihTOifis^^-Gattw^nlhipicdhiMrEdPglasses/whofesere
f e g ^ ^ Q-from the "were lair i»®fejGOihmrati^^en|e, the mmdle
c-iissesC™l{th^ various shades
(.)f^()iii^lhxJ,m m ^ ^ OTa>^]o ams\\Sir2}^-,Jin^/SyMc^'mel Qreeks/re^rded' as black in
eJ?ni)aii‘'Ou_w-^l'yl«;mf9V;ii54J^)ivlhp>e;di.t^si,1r^muht^iwoIl')e adden^others incident to
a ^ ^ f e 'yM ^W ^ B t ^ r iv e d 'f r o m k iA tlie^a|ce^t|flfltibni'f Shon^ whifeh the sablfe
NesM’^TO^aorflLih hol'd hpd frol^trastGdfchanmtBrS. ^
w^vIVWdi-iriW.iwraftefia^ffioalmxaminatian' of i I ■ \ \jiVncyriin reference'^o'this mooted
WucWi’oIi^has-arriive^ at therfollow irm is riof easy to recpnifede>
th!e/^n.fflcting,resmfer.tfinaoMaTiiL^f£off^nlprs- and from/imonuments; and it is no
W(®nder«that learned mem shottiidAavO' differed widely in opiriionfon t'Sfe 'subject.-. I should
tfiink Ah at E g \ pt nj&^ a Acduntry wher^-the Greeks 'most easily
sajv^Jlle, inliamtanfs, of ■ interior ^Africa.' (tln ^ ^> J (y tD.miiii v o^^fefe'dpubtless, flocked
.th ither hnamere settled th64e,flS?smvifedAn<fthet®itdy as tributaries >or,, provincials, as they
have'dSmdd^nlater times; "and fhus theyi' G M ^ t & b y fbritefs roiih ihl country
tivherfifjzlone they knew them, and^rrat!^dmiifTeufl‘p a ilo f inPmdigmm}populiiiion.’’*
^ External ©(jfoftgu) aiion*—On dhi-<y|fmHk:tj I have nothihgl^ ^ dd1 ^but' tfe'feffiwing
external measurement^;j^pSken< with- iff^ownf hand'.,^MiS'd- TrSni" each egroup; and
emplacing all the dehuded^ fS t crania ei&epting;tvv6 oWrl®-»Semitic fornSi^
* Lectures gi&the* CDUn'e^ribetWeen Sciencd/ and-» Revealed Religion, p; 102, 2d-edit.
These remarks ’ml]»; also serve to e x p la in ^ ^ y Aristotle Egyptiaiis and;N.eg^*bes in the same national
c a tegory wjfc'llis not fe ritk d rp n sih f w ln Els'ref^rdlf^IiilThracians to the Mongolian ri&fy and: attributing to thein a
red complexion.
" f The longitudinal diameter is measured from theAnipgfr promi,nen|>pbftt of' l ^ ^ s 'frpntis,, between the superciliary
ridges, to^ih#MrelSvi ^ ^ M f t h e ^ f e f e ^ ^
■ The parietal diameter is measured between the most ■^istantte^M)^ttoe,,p a 4 ^ ^ ^ f f i i^ j® ^ 4 t e > for the most part,
the protuberances of these bones. .