Reconstructing Egypt is a work that completely revisits Ancient Egypt within the context of it’s cultural and geolocational context as part of Africa’s Nile Valley; A complex and ancient culture that, contrary to popular belief, has tremendous contunity with the modern day native African populations that continue to inhabit continental Africa.
The discipline of (Forensic Facial Reconstruction) FFR is often implicitly trusted by the public as scientific and objective (and therefore conclusive). With most laypersons believing these illustrative imaginations, produced by teams of artists, commisioned by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, are honest and agendaless; A scientific representation of the closest true likeness of the ancient individuals they depicted. However, in a paper I wrote and published in 2024, critiquing the process, I believe I successfully proved the limitations and fundamental baises that often contribute to predictable and unrealistic outcomes in most cases.
In this book, we will not only explore, but deconstruct these works, exposing the flaws in methodology and lack of anthropological support for such creations. We will, in response highlight works created by alternative reconstruction artists (including myself) who are engaging not only the forensic data, but multiple branches of historiography and anthropology to produce and present much more historically robust and scientifically substantiated reconstructions of these ancient characters – These creations which bring together Art, Literature, Anthropometrics, Anthropology and Genetics will cause you to reconsider everything you thought you knew about history in the Nile Valley.