MUSEUMS ISOLATE EGYPTIAN ARTEFACTS AS NOT AFRICAN

You may have seen the meme about aliens building Egyptian pyramids. 

According to Instagram user @museumteachingfun, European archaeologists didn’t think too differently. Fascinated by Egyptian advancements, Europeans couldn’t believe Africans pulled them off. And, so, racism explains why trinkets of Egyptian culture are isolated from African artefacts in Western museums.

However, many accounts, including the University of Chicago's Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, indicate native Egyptians looked like today’s Nubians, who had been pushed to the south of the country over the centuries.

Have a listen, and let us know what you think.

Video credit: @museumteachingfun (IG)

Sources

https://www.academia.edu/68018551/Challenging_the_Museum_Narrative_of_Ancient_Egypt

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decolonisation/coloniality-and-the-british-museums

https://isac.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits/nubia/images-nubians