Расовая история Древнего Египта.(Часть 3)/ Racial history of Ancient Egypt





Queen Hetop-Heres II, of the Fourth Dynasty, the daughter of Cheops, the builder of the great pyramid, is shown in the colored bas reliefs of her tomb to have been a distinct blonde. Her hair is painted a bright yellow stippled with little red horizontal lines, and her skin is white. (‘The Races of Europe’, Carleton Stevens Coon, New York City, Macmillan. 1939, p.98)



The Sphinx and pyramids of Giza, circa 2500 BC.



Head of Khafre, dating from the 4th Dynasty (2575 - 2467 BC). Flinders Petrie Collection, University College, London



Death mask of King Tety, dating from the 6th Dynasty(2323 -2152 BC). Cairo Museum



Pharaoh Shepsekaf, last king of the 4th Dynasty (2575 - 2467 BC).



A statue of Pharaoh Menkaure and his consort, Khamerernebti II, dating from the 4th Dynasty (2575 - 2467 BC).