Athens, Daughter Of Egypt? | Archeology (Ancient Greece Documentary) | Timeline

Was Cleopatra black? Was Socrates? Did Egyptian armies conquer ancient Greece, thus setting the cradle of Western civilization in motion? Is this wishful thinking on the part of historical revisionists…or is it a long-suppressed historical fact? Today, a number of researchers claim that scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries were racists who could not stand the idea that their beloved Greece had been made “impure” by African influence. Through on-location interviews at excavations in Egypt, the Middle East, and Greece, we will construct possible scenarios to answer the larger question: What influence did Egypt, and it’s Black inhabitants, have on the development of Greece? It’s like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit, the world’s best history documentary service, at a huge discount using the code ’TIMELINE’ ---ᐳ You can find more from us on: