Comments by "Kasumi Rina" (@KasumiRINA) on "Cleopatra - A Drunken Bet - Egyptian History - Extra History - Part 1" video.
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@Ake-TL we don't know how tanned they were. However, modern Egyptians literally have almost the same DNA (ancient ones mixed with other peoples too), so just look at modern population of Egypt to compare, seriously. Genetically, they are mostly North Africans like Libyans and Tunisians with little West Asian admix, while Jews and Arabs are west Asians, so not quite as related as we think.
Also, ancient society had no racial segregation so families were mixing a lot, a lot of Greek men married Egyptian women, either were adopting Persian culture to serve in cavalry and officially listed as Iranians. Plus one of Cleo's ancestors married a woman from Seleucids in Syria, so she HAD mixed blood despite all the incest! Also Alex is supposed to be kinda pale and fair-haired if we go by his mosaic, while the only colored contemporary images of Cleopatra show her with RED hair, but that might be artistic license. TBH I am happy they did her with correct hairstyle! Ramses had red hair though. Dyed on his mummy.
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