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[the L]

This marvelous bust is one of the very few documents of an actual black person from Greek and Roman antiquity. Memnon was a pupil and protégé of the well-known Athenian entrepreneur and philosopher Herodes Atticus. It was found more than a century ago in one of several villas owned by Herodes, and it adds a face to the name of the person recorded by Philostratus in his Lives of the Sophists, an account of the famous philosophers of the second century.

http://www.theroot.c...ace-famous-name

"Memnon" in reference to the Ethiopian ally of the Trojans in Homer's Iliad

[the L]

Here is more "Greeks"






And "white" Minoans.

Edited by the L, 01 January 2013 - 08:42 PM.

[Hasina]

I understand bringing to light the actual race of a historical person, I want the true facts baby, but what I'll never understand are the people who freak out when a historical figure could be another race. Like Jesus... or Santa.

[Spore]

More art

[the L]

I always said that in movie 300, Leonidas should be



"Spartans tonight we eat dinner in hell."

Edited by the L, 03 January 2013 - 10:50 PM.

[Daughter of the Nine Moons]

Memnon was Black -No great revelation since Memnon was an Ethiopian king, it's kind of obvious isn't it?

*shrugs*

the L, on 03 January 2013 - 10:46 PM, said:

"Spartans tonight we eat dinner dine in hell."

Fixed quote

Edited by Daughter of the Nine Moons, 04 January 2013 - 12:25 AM.

[pbarosso]

its the "afro-centrists" and the "our history was stolen or erased" bunch of crap again.

[the L]

pbarosso, on 04 January 2013 - 05:57 AM, said:

its the "afro-centrists" and the "our history was stolen or erased" bunch of crap again.

http://www.youtube.c...oVMfsD8#t=2m30s

Edited by the L, 05 January 2013 - 12:00 AM.

[Tutankhaten-pasheri]

It is impossible to visit the English side of Youtube and look at any videos about AE without being confronted by a wall of obscurantism, outright lies and foul obscenities. This subject is so divisive that it is impossible for it to be debated in any polite way. A pity this subject comes here....