John Rhys-Davies

Christopher Bryson

Georgann Kane

Was Cleopatra black? Was Socrates? Did Egyptian armies conquer ancient Greece, thus setting the cradle of Western civilization in motion? Is this wishful thinking on the part of historical revisionists...or is it a long-suppressed...

Phil Comeau

Sylvie Mathieu

Bertrand Morin

Athens, Daughter of Egypt?

Was Cleopatra black? Was Socrates? Did Egyptian armies conquer ancient Greece, thus setting the cradle of Western civilization in motion? Is this wishful thinking on the part of historical revisionists...or is it a long-suppressed historical fact? Today, a number of researchers claim that scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries were racists who could not stand the idea that their beloved Greece had been made "impure" by African influence. Modern researchers think that these early scholars dismissed as mere myth the Greeks' own accounts of the way Egyptian technology, philosophy, and political theory shaped Aegean civilization. If so, the result of two centuries of such teachings has erased this ancient truth. The debate over what role Egypt played in shaping the glory that was Greece has led to an incendiary question: was Egypt "black"? Does it really matter? To thousands of Black Americans, and to those who value historical accuracy, the answers to these questions are vital. Through on-location interviews at excavations in Egypt, the Middle East, and Greece, we will construct possible scenarios to answer the larger question: What influence did Egypt, and it's Black inhabitants, have on the development of Greece?

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