This is my adaptation of an artistic sequence from the ancient Egyptian Book of Gates which compares the people of Egypt (or Kemet as they called it) with other peoples in their world. From left to right, the subjects are a Libu dude from the Mediterranean coast of Libya, a Kushite from the region of Sudan known as Nubia, a Semitic dude from the Palestinian region of the Middle East, and a native Kemetian. Of course, these are generalized representations of each regional group, as there would have been substantial admixture and blending between the different populations in real life (human variation being clinal and all that).

