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  2. Ancient Egyptian race controversy - Wikipedia

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    In 1839, Champollion's and Volney's claims were disputed by Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac, who blamed a misunderstanding of the ancients for spreading a false impression of a "Negro" Egypt, stating "the two physical traits of black skin and woolly hair are not enough to stamp a race as negro" [16]: 26 and "the opinion that the ancient ...

  3. List of African deities and mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of African spirits as well as deities found within the traditional African religions.It also covers spirits as well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions.

  4. Race and appearance of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    For some, this blackness was due to Jesus's identification with black people, not to the color of his skin, [58] while others such as the black nationalist Albert Cleage argued that Jesus was ethnically black. [59] A study which was documented in the 2001 BBC series Son of God attempted to determine what Jesus's race and appearance may have ...

  5. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    The Horus of the night deities – Twelve goddesses of each hour of the night, wearing a five-pointed star on their heads Neb-t tehen and Neb-t heru, god and goddess of the first hour of night, Apis or Hep (in reference) and Sarit-neb-s, god and goddess of the second hour of night, M'k-neb-set, goddess of the third hour of night, Aa-t-shefit or ...

  6. Black God (Navajo mythology) - Wikipedia

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    There is a conflict between Black God, as the God of Fire, and Begochidi, the creator of birds and animals. This tension originates from the destruction that Black God's fire has wrought on Begochidi's creations. [3] Strangely enough, this rivalry persists despite Black God becoming the protector of said creations in another story.

  7. Aethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Arrian, wrote in the 1st-century AD that "The appearance of the inhabitants is also not very different in India and Ethiopia: the southern Indians are rather more like Ethiopians as they are black to look on, and their hair is black; only they are not so snub-nosed or woolly-haired as the Ethiopians; the northern Indians are most like the ...

  8. Colchis - Wikipedia

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    Herodotus regarded the Colchians as "dark-skinned (μελάγχροες) [54] and woolly-haired" and calls them Egyptians. [55] Herodotus states that the Colchians, with the Ancient Egyptians and the Ethiopians , were the first to practice circumcision , a custom which he claims that the Colchians inherited from remnants of the army of Pharaoh ...

  9. Apis (deity) - Wikipedia

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    Apis came to being considered a manifestation of the king, as bulls were symbols of strength and fertility, qualities that are closely linked with kingship. "Strong bull of his mother Hathor" was a common title for Egyptian gods and male kings, being unused for women serving as king, such as Hatshepsut.