Wall paintings

When the topic is addressed concerning the appearance of ancient Egyptians, many repeat the generalizations of reddish man and yellow woman. This doesn't "hold water" when we examine it closely. We have the chestnut and hazelnut shell brown, coal black and brazilnut shell brown hues These are most likely "black" folks. You also have, and commonly shown, light reddish, orangish, and yellowish tones - used in ancient Egyptian art for male and female. These are most likely the common modern types, as well as lighter complected "black" or mixed folk. BE SURE TO TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR of Kheti's chapel (real images). In part 1, click on link for "Ankhtifi, Kheti, and Khnumhotep, scroll to the picture headed "Explore Beni Hasan in 3D" - then click VISIT... You can view it from all angles like the street view on Maps. To walk back and forth, click the spot in the distance where you want to go, and like street view, slide finger across to face a different direction. You can even "walk" outside into the dessert sands. Or copy and paste this link for a virtual tour of Kheti and others. https://txt.fyi/-/21215/4738b0e4/ CLICK VISIT TO CONTINUE READING CAPTIONS THAT ARE CUT SHORT. IT CONNECTS TO TUMBLR. YOU MAY HAVE TO LOG IN TO PINTEREST TO READ CAPTIONS (?). Click VISIT for links to the source of many of these pictures, or go to part in 4 - References ( from the main link "Ancient Egyptian Art They Don't Show "). Many are museum websites, travel websites, old books etc - assuring authenticity... Or just click the name and title under picture to finish reading captionn, and see links to the source of these pictures (museum websites, old books,, travel websites, etc). Most pictures that link to Tumblr are near the top 1/4 of the compilation