Origins of the Egyptians from DNA to Archaeology and Art

In this latest video on our series dealing with ancient history and ancient DNA I am joined by a very special guest Adam Myrie from HAMAA which is the Historical African Martial Arts Association. We tackle an extremely controversial topic and that is the origin of not just ancient Egyptian civilization but of the ancient Egyptians themselves. From the Predynastic to the coming of the Romans we explore a variety of topics including: Population movements from Nubia and what will become the Sahara dessert, backflow from the Middle East and especially Canaan. Nubian A and C group developments throughout Egypt. Nilotic cultures and indigenous Nile populations. Problems with bad reporting and issues with modern DNA studies. The use and abuse of misinterpreted DNA studies. Color symbolism in Egyptian art. And how the ancient Egyptians viewed identity and Egyptianness in the ancient world and what made an Egyptian an Egyptian. From foreign population movements to material culture, art, DNA studies and so much more we attempt to cover as much as we can in order to set the record straight about one of the greatest civilizations in history and those who created it.  Check out HAMAA and their awesome work at these outlets! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AdDHTxTH9hzchUqxVeI1A Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HAMAAssociation Website: https://hamaassociation.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR07xiMsOEJnIfN1UBdIyVwN4z-EBMk4x9FLiEwqh-zs37-Ra8PczV0dL9w Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1559419451037192 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hama_association/ Check out our new store! https://teespring.com/stores/the-history-shop Get your Sea Peoples | Late Bronze Age Merch below! Mugs: https://teespring.com/new-sea-peoples-mediterranean?pid=658&cid=102950 Hoodies | Shirts | Tank Tops: https://teespring.com/get-sea-peoples-mediterranean?pid=212&cid=5819 Get your Hittite Merch below! Mugs: https://teespring.com/HittiteEmpireMug?pid=658&cid=102950&sid=front Shirts | Tank Tops | Hoodies: https://teespring.com/hittite-empire-shirt?pid=2&cid=2397 Trojan War Merch Below! Mugs: https://teespring.com/trojan-war-coffee-mug?pid=658&cid=102950 Tank Tops | Shirts | Hoodies: https://teespring.com/TrojanWarShirt?pid=2&cid=2397 To support the channel, become a Patron and make history matter! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Study_of_Antiquity_and_the_Middle_Ages Donate directly to PayPal: https://paypal.me/NickBarksdale Enjoy history merchandise? Check out affiliate link to SPQR Emporium! http://spqr-emporium.com?aff=3 *Disclaimer, the link above is an affiliate link which means we will earn a generous commission from your magnificent purchase, just another way to help out the channel! Join our community!  Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/THESTUDYOFANTIQUITYANDTHEMIDDLEAGES/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickBarksdale Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/study_of_antiquity_middle_ages/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164050034145170/ Art Attribution: kairoinfo4u https://www.flickr.com/people/manna4u/ Music Attribution: Pawl.D Beats Sounds of the Nile. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antiquity-middlages/support