<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><B>High Culture</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><B>  </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="High Culture"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Egypt Modern & Ancient</B>   |   <A HREF="id2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rameses III"><U>Rameses III</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amenhotep III"><U>Amenhotep III</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mataria.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tree Worship at Mataria"><U>Tree Worship at Mataria</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id60.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mazahar, A Pharonic Ritual"><U>Mazahar, A Pharonic Ritual</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters To The Dead"><U>Letters To The Dead</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07702b03.gif"> <div> <I>Egypt Modern & Ancient</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="644" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#330066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="638"><div> This section of High Culture, is to illustrate two points;</div> <div> <B>1)</B> <A HREF="#afroegypt" TITLE="Egypt Modern Ancient"><U>The African presence in modern Egypt</U></A>. </div> <div> <B>2)</B> <A HREF="#livingegypt" TITLE="Egypt Modern Ancient"><U>The survival of pharaonic customs into the modern age.</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 226 WIDTH="638"><div> <B> <A NAME="afroegypt"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1) African faces in modern Egypt</B></div> <div> Multidisciplinary research indicates that modern Egyptians are the descendants of the Ancient Egyptians.  In America and western media we are presented with images of Egyptians being Arabs, Whites or some other "dark skinned Caucasoid" variant.  Not to say that these populations did not enter into Egypt at some time, but what about the migrants who came from Libya, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan, and other Saharan regions?  Were are there ancestors in the Western media?  </div> <div> The following photo gallery illustrates those missing black folk.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://highculture.8m.com/modernEgypt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://highculture.8m.com/modernEgypt.ht"><U>Modern Egyptian Photo Gallery</U></A> Part I.</div> <div> Modern Egyptian Photo Gallery Part II.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://highculture.8m.com/Siwa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://highculture.8m.com/Siwa.htm"><U>Siwa Oasis</U></A> (Egypt meets Libya)</div> <div> <A HREF="id5.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amenhotep III"><U>Amenhotep III</U></A> (father of Akenaten)</div> <div> <A HREF="id2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rameses III"><U>Rameses III</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 177 WIDTH="638"><div>  <A NAME="livingegypt"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><B>2) Survival of Old African (Pharaonic) Customs.</B></div> <div> Did the folk cultures and custums of Ancient Egpyt really die? </div> <div> Below we shall discover how the the rural Baladi and Sa3edi struggle to keep their ancient African traditions alive.  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://highculture.8m.com/Survival.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://highculture.8m.com/Survival.html"><U>Survival of Ancient Egypt</U></A>, by Dr. Georgy Sobhy Bey</div> <div> <A HREF="mataria.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tree Worship at Mataria"><U>The Holy Tree at Mataria</U></A>, (Lower Egypt)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197506/the.good.things.of.egypt.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/19"><U>The Good things of Egypt</U></A>, Foods in Egypt.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198304/mirrors.of.the.past.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/19"><U>Mirrors of the Past</U></A>, by Ann Steward Anderson</div> <div> <A HREF="id60.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mazahar, A Pharonic Ritual"><U>Mazahar</U></A>, The Dieing Art of Egyptian Zar Music. </div> <div> <A HREF="id61.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters To The Dead"><U>Letters to the Dead</U></A>, an Old Aegyptian Custom that  lives on in Modern Egypt.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Copyright (c) <B>6245</B>, Alexander Derrick.  All rights reserved. </div> <div> Reproduction of this material for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without </div> <div> written permission.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or </div> <div> transmitted in any form or be any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise</div> <div> without the prior permission of Alexander Derrick (<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><U>low_stress@hotmail.com</U></FONT>)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>