Comments from users on X claiming that Ancient Egyptians were "white" sparked controversy ... Ancient Egyptians had DNA ties to sub-Saharan Africa from around 700 years ago and the Levant but ...

But other ancient places in Africa rivaled their greatness ... and a huge red granite statue of the Egyptian god Hapy, a symbol of abundance. Among other treasures were luxury Greek ceramics ...

It was located along the River Nile in north-east Africa. I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost my pen. Ancient Egyptian: You’re clearly not Egyptian, are you? Child: No, I’m from Britain.

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...