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Where Black History Lives!
The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Slideshow: Hollywood Depictions of Ancient Egypt
STUDY QUESTIONS (also in Study Guide)
- How do the Hollywood depictions compare to how the Ancient Egyptians portrayed themselves?
- Do these images confirm or dispel your previous conceptions of Ancient Egyptians?
- What role does race and racialization play in popular representations of Ancient Egyptians?
- What political purpose does the racialization of Ancient Egypt serve?
Unit 1: Ancient Africa (200,000 B.C.E. – 476 A.C.E.)
'We're sorry': The studio and director behind the Gerard Butler movie Gods Of Egypt have taken the unusual step of apologizing for casting too many white actors in the movie set in ancient Egypt.
Class 6: The Whitening of Ancient Kemet/Egypt
In X-Men Apocalypse, the civilization of ancient Egypt is presumed to have been created by mutants or an alien race. The credit for ancient Egypt is never given to the Africans who created it, but always to others, even aliens.
