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The Odyssey Controversy: What Ancient Greece Actually Says About Race, Beauty, and the Divine
The controversy surrounding Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey highlights misconceptions about historical accuracy and racial identity in ancient Greece. It argues that ancient Greek civilization venerated African culture and suggests cultural conditioning has shaped modern perceptions of Greek characters. This discourse reexamines representations of ethnicity in…
There were no blonde Pharaohs, ever!
Introduction Assertions that naturally blonde or red-haired Egyptians can be identified through the hair colour of mummified remains continue to circulate in academic-adjacent media and popular discourse. These assertions have recently been reinforced by a widely publicised experiment in which modern human hair samples were placed in salt for a short period and then compared…
The reserve heads and the Hemiunu forgery
The article examines the controversial reserve heads and Hemiunu’s statue in Egyptology, proposing they are forgeries from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Various stylistic and material anomalies challenge their authenticity, including non-traditional features and questionable archaeological context. Central figures in these discoveries share ties, prompting scrutiny of their legitimacy as ancient Egyptian artefacts.