Who were the ancient Egyptians – the arguments
I’m sure most of you will be familiar with claims that aliens or a mysterious ancient race actually built the pyramids, which generate a lot of vigorous debate on social media, in varying degrees of scientific illiteracy. There’s another debate on ancient Egypt that receives less attention, but one which regularly descends into vitriol and even outright racism on both sides. This concerns the true identity of those, most definitely terrestrial, ancient Egyptians who, among other great achievements, built…
