Also, Moses sure does look white in that picture, doesn’t he?
-Egypt
-Established by Caucasian
-Show a picture of pharaoh with tanned skin.
You got one, ONE job.
This is the actual painting of King Mansa Musa of Mali. The source is the Wikipedia article on him. Notice the dark skin.
Either this guy photo edited the thing they posted and are lying, or someone else is and this guy fell for it.
Maybe. But I also wouldn’t be shocked if some European painters knew black people existed and some didn’t. And the ones that didn’t just painted him looking like everyone else around them.
Black people were afaik more commonly seen in Europe than one might think.
Still, it wouldn’t surprise me if they assumed that other kings must also be white, or that they assumed the racial makeup of this faraway realms was similar to their own.
Could be a joke about the black people who claim all great leaders and whatnot were secretly black. But also, some people are just loonies
Well, lighter skin tones were often a trait of beauty, and I think it is also easier to paint. BTW that pharaoh doesn’t look quite white either.
