Is it true that there were black pharaohs in ancient Egypt?

These were the mysterious Black Pharaohs of what is today Sudan—the Nubian kings—whose reign has become legendary among Africans and written off as heresy ... read more

But the culture we call “ancient Egypt” in fact extended well into Sudan and lasted there longer than it did in Egypt so the southern end of that culture probably had *only* black pharaohs, and went on having them long after Egypt proper had fallen to the Romans. read more

Narmer, also known as Menes, unified Upper and Lower Egypt for the first time and, therefore, founded the first dynasty of a unified Egypt. read more

Nevertheless, there are many history books that write about the Black Pharaohs of Egypt who ruled this ancient land. Modern humans (Homo sapiens) have a single origin in Africa. Everyone was black at one time. read more