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08/29/2007: "Museum exhibit spurs race debate over Egyptian "Africanness""

The King Tut exhibition has drawn a steady stream of protesters since it opened in Los Angeles. Speakers said the exhibition on display upstairs gives the false impression that King Tut was white.

But as anthropologist Nina Jablonski points out, it’s hard to say exactly what ancient historians meant when they described the skin they saw as “dark.” And she says much of the archeological evidence points to a different conclusion.

“When we look at the representation of the Egyptian royalty on the walls of tombs, we see a range of sort of moderate, tan-colored skin on the royalty,” Jablonski said. “This probably is a fairly close approximation of what skin color these people actually had.”

[ Oh for crying out loud. ]

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/08/king_tut_exhibi.php