I keep hearing that ancient Egyptians were actually black which sounds wrong to me because it seems to ignore geography, migration and diversity but this is just speculation on my part. So what is actually known about race in ancient Egypt?
This gets asked with surprising frequency - u/commiespaceinvader unpacks the conceptual issues with answering questions about ancient 'race' here, while Egypt is discussed in more depth by u/cleopatra_philopater here.