Did ancient Egyptians have the same skin color as modern ones?

by MotoTheBadMofo
Polybios

Could you elaborate a bit on your question?

bonzowrokks

I've seen this question over and over in all it's various forms and guises and have even tried answering it a couple of times.

Not sure if it's ok to link to a different sub but here is the same question asked within the last couple of days:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientegypt/comments/3g7df6/ancient_egyptian_race_controversy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/3gdwnb/what_skin_colour_did_ancient_egyptians_have/

Here is one of my earlier attempts to an answer:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientegypt/comments/2z1pvd/race_and_appearance_of_the_ancient_egyptians/

I'm sure a simple search will pull out the other couple of hundred times this question has been asked. Perhaps it's time to stick it in the FAQ?