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Tutankhamun, the boy king (who died when he was 18) reigned around 1350 BC. Although he died too young to become a pharaoh of any great significance in his own time, he gained fame when his tomb was discovered virtually intact in 1924 (one of the few tombs to be found in such a good state - most had been the subject of grave robbers centuries before). It is the gold burial mask of Tutankhamun which has come to symbolize ancient Egypt.
However, the real significance of the finds in Tutankhamun's tombs have been largely ignored: amongst Tutankhamun's possessions are some of the most graphically racial images in Egyptology.
One of Tutankhamun's thrones, the ecclesiastical chair, has on its' footstool the "Nine Bows" - the Egyptian name for the traditional enemies of Egypt. The finely crafted figures on the footstool are of nine Blacks and Semites tied together in chains. Their positioning on the footstool was so that when the pharaoh sat on his throne, his enemies would be under his feet.
Racial imagery from Tutankhamun's tomb: the ecclesiastical throne, shown assembled, and a full view of the footrest
Bound Semitic and Black prisoners appear on the footstool: the Egyptian king would rest his feet on his foes.
Another graphically racial image found in Tutankhamun's tomb is to be found on one of his walking sticks. The handle is made up of a bound Semite and a bound Black: so that when the Egyptian king went for a walk with his royal walking stick, he held the enemies of Egypt in his hand.
Racial imagery from Tutankhamun's tomb: bound Semitic and Black prisoners decorating the curved end of Tutankhamun's walking stick: when the Egyptian king went for a walk, he would hold the enemies of Egypt in his palm.
Yet another candid racial image from Tutankhamun's tomb is to be found in a pair of his sandals. Inlaid with a picture of a Semite and a Black, the pharaoh would trample his enemies underfoot when he walked.
Racial imagery from Tutankhamun's tomb: the Egyptian king's sandals have bound Black and Semitic prisoners inlaid into the soles: when the king walked in these shoes, he would crush the enemies of Egypt underfoot.
Tutankhamun's famous wooden chest, which was found in the ante-chamber of his tomb, contains yet another striking scene. On its sides, it shows the Egyptian King riding a chariot and trampling the "Nine Bows" or enemies of Egypt: Blacks and Semites.
A general view of the wooden chest
A detail from the side, showing Tutankhamun trampling Blacks and scattered Semites under the wheels of his chariot and under his horses' hooves. Note also the three Black slaves fanning Tutankhamun at the rear of his chariot - the use of Nonwhite labor being the primary reason why that civilization was eventually overrun by the Nonwhites.
By Tutankhamun's time then, the Egyptians were clearly aware of the growing numbers of their racial enemies creeping up on them.
These graphic and stunning references to clearly identifiable racial enemies of Egypt are all the more remarkable when it is born in mind that the population make-up of Egypt had, by the reign of Tutankhamun, already started to swing heavily against the original White Egyptians, with Black and Semitic slaves being commonplace within that civilization.
In addition to this, a significant number of Egyptians themselves were now of mixed race, the Hyksos occupation having left behind a number of Egyptian/Semitic mixes. Significantly, Tutankhamun's widow attempted to strike an alliance with the Indo-European Hittites who had in the interim became the leading power in the Near East, by arranging her marriage to a Hittite prince. (The marriage never took place, as the husband to be was killed just prior to the ceremony).
SEA PEOPLES
From the time of Tutankhamun onwards, the final decline of Egypt was irreversible. Later kings tried to reverse the trend - sometimes they succeeded, temporarily, in rolling back the waves of conquest and counter conquest in Palestine and Syria, and at one time a pharaoh did manage to take a Hittite princess as a bride.
But there were new enemies: Egypt was now attacked by new Indo-European invaders emerging from the Aegean, the so called Sea peoples. As their name implied, they arrived by boat and raided Egyptian settlements, leaving again by the means which they arrived.
These Sea Peoples were mainly comprised of Philistines from Asia Minor and Aecheans from mainland Greece.
Egyptian illustrations of the time show prisoners being taken with light hair and light eyes - Sea People raiders unfortunate enough to fall into captivity in Egypt, where they could expect no mercy.
However, the real significance of the finds in Tutankhamun's tombs have been largely ignored: amongst Tutankhamun's possessions are some of the most graphically racial images in Egyptology.
One of Tutankhamun's thrones, the ecclesiastical chair, has on its' footstool the "Nine Bows" - the Egyptian name for the traditional enemies of Egypt. The finely crafted figures on the footstool are of nine Blacks and Semites tied together in chains. Their positioning on the footstool was so that when the pharaoh sat on his throne, his enemies would be under his feet.
Racial imagery from Tutankhamun's tomb: the ecclesiastical throne, shown assembled, and a full view of the footrest
Bound Semitic and Black prisoners appear on the footstool: the Egyptian king would rest his feet on his foes.
Another graphically racial image found in Tutankhamun's tomb is to be found on one of his walking sticks. The handle is made up of a bound Semite and a bound Black: so that when the Egyptian king went for a walk with his royal walking stick, he held the enemies of Egypt in his hand.
Racial imagery from Tutankhamun's tomb: bound Semitic and Black prisoners decorating the curved end of Tutankhamun's walking stick: when the Egyptian king went for a walk, he would hold the enemies of Egypt in his palm.
Yet another candid racial image from Tutankhamun's tomb is to be found in a pair of his sandals. Inlaid with a picture of a Semite and a Black, the pharaoh would trample his enemies underfoot when he walked.
Racial imagery from Tutankhamun's tomb: the Egyptian king's sandals have bound Black and Semitic prisoners inlaid into the soles: when the king walked in these shoes, he would crush the enemies of Egypt underfoot.
Tutankhamun's famous wooden chest, which was found in the ante-chamber of his tomb, contains yet another striking scene. On its sides, it shows the Egyptian King riding a chariot and trampling the "Nine Bows" or enemies of Egypt: Blacks and Semites.
A general view of the wooden chest
A detail from the side, showing Tutankhamun trampling Blacks and scattered Semites under the wheels of his chariot and under his horses' hooves. Note also the three Black slaves fanning Tutankhamun at the rear of his chariot - the use of Nonwhite labor being the primary reason why that civilization was eventually overrun by the Nonwhites.
By Tutankhamun's time then, the Egyptians were clearly aware of the growing numbers of their racial enemies creeping up on them.
These graphic and stunning references to clearly identifiable racial enemies of Egypt are all the more remarkable when it is born in mind that the population make-up of Egypt had, by the reign of Tutankhamun, already started to swing heavily against the original White Egyptians, with Black and Semitic slaves being commonplace within that civilization.
In addition to this, a significant number of Egyptians themselves were now of mixed race, the Hyksos occupation having left behind a number of Egyptian/Semitic mixes. Significantly, Tutankhamun's widow attempted to strike an alliance with the Indo-European Hittites who had in the interim became the leading power in the Near East, by arranging her marriage to a Hittite prince. (The marriage never took place, as the husband to be was killed just prior to the ceremony).
SEA PEOPLES
From the time of Tutankhamun onwards, the final decline of Egypt was irreversible. Later kings tried to reverse the trend - sometimes they succeeded, temporarily, in rolling back the waves of conquest and counter conquest in Palestine and Syria, and at one time a pharaoh did manage to take a Hittite princess as a bride.
But there were new enemies: Egypt was now attacked by new Indo-European invaders emerging from the Aegean, the so called Sea peoples. As their name implied, they arrived by boat and raided Egyptian settlements, leaving again by the means which they arrived.
These Sea Peoples were mainly comprised of Philistines from Asia Minor and Aecheans from mainland Greece.
Egyptian illustrations of the time show prisoners being taken with light hair and light eyes - Sea People raiders unfortunate enough to fall into captivity in Egypt, where they could expect no mercy.
