{"id":21110,"date":"2024-02-24T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T14:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=21110"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:13:12","slug":"who-were-the-white-aethiopians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-were-the-white-aethiopians\/","title":{"rendered":"Who were the White Aethiopians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who were the White Aethiopians?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If we pass through the interior of Africa in a southerly direction, beyond the G\u00e6tuli, after having traversed the intervening deserts, we shall find, first of all the Liby-Egyptians, and then the country where the Leuc\u00e6thiopians dwell.<\/p>\n<cite>Pliny the Elder<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/300px-mauretania_et_numidia3447749678045196731.jpg?resize=300%2C118&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/300px-mauretania_et_numidia3447749678045196731.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/300px-mauretania_et_numidia3447749678045196731.jpg?resize=298%2C118&amp;ssl=1 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gaetuli was the Romanised name of an ancient Berber tribe inhabiting Getulia. The latter district covered the large desert region south of the Atlas Mountains, bordering the Sahara.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On those shores washed by the Libyan Sea, however, are found the Libyan Aegyptians, the White Aethiopians, and, a populous and numerous nation, the Gaetuli. Then a region, uninhabitable in its entire length, covers a broad and vacant expanse.<\/p>\n<cite>Pomponius Mela<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/herodotus_world_map-en6175870140017049403..jpg?resize=640%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/herodotus_world_map-en6175870140017049403..jpg?resize=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/herodotus_world_map-en6175870140017049403..jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/herodotus_world_map-en6175870140017049403..jpg?resize=768%2C464&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/herodotus_world_map-en6175870140017049403..jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>The inhabited world according to Herodotus: Libya (Africa) is imagined as extending no further south than the Horn of Africa, terminating in the uninhabitable desert. All peoples inhabiting the southernmost fringes of the inhabitable world are known as Ethiopians (after their dark skin). At the extreme south-east of the continent are the Macrobians, so-called for their longevity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Indians are the wisest of mankind. The Ethiopians are a colony of them<\/p>\n<cite>Philostratus<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/yagbeasionbattlingadasultan8842208677768273174.jpg?resize=640%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/yagbeasionbattlingadasultan8842208677768273174.jpg?resize=1024%2C656&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/yagbeasionbattlingadasultan8842208677768273174.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/yagbeasionbattlingadasultan8842208677768273174.jpg?resize=768%2C492&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/yagbeasionbattlingadasultan8842208677768273174.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>A sultan and his forces (right) battling the Abyssinian King and his men (Le Livre des Merveilles, 15th century). Leo Africanus wrote that &#8220;olive&#8221; complexioned people were among the natives of the kingdoms in the Horn of Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>designated as Ethiopia the whole of the southern countries towards the ocean<\/p>\n<cite>Strabo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>White Aethiopians is a term found in ancient Greco-Roman literature, which may have referred to various light-complexioned populations inhabiting the Aethiopia region of antiquity. The exonym is used by Pliny the Elder, and is also mentioned by Pomponius Mela, Ptolemy and Orosius<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TrtJM0ZBdk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-were-the-original-berbers\/\">Who were the original Berbers?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Who were the original Berbers?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-were-the-original-berbers\/embed\/#?secret=jV9jUDRoqo#?secret=TrtJM0ZBdk\" data-secret=\"TrtJM0ZBdk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" 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width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire - ROBERT SEPEHR\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X7j-CFZoTTQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dzDvDk175B\"><a 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class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1nVI3EWpP1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/why-are-grey-eyes-common-among-the-amazigh\/\">Why are grey eyes common among the Amazigh?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Why are grey eyes common among the Amazigh?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/why-are-grey-eyes-common-among-the-amazigh\/embed\/#?secret=gnq1TcZJ4u#?secret=1nVI3EWpP1\" data-secret=\"1nVI3EWpP1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8fc7a661-eff6-499e-8648-cac1e564d61e7161895915550118341.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8fc7a661-eff6-499e-8648-cac1e564d61e7161895915550118341.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8fc7a661-eff6-499e-8648-cac1e564d61e7161895915550118341.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Who built the Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/30cb0ef77aef48b3645be27abe5e5fc84150196011334543780.jpg?resize=223%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/30cb0ef77aef48b3645be27abe5e5fc84150196011334543780.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/30cb0ef77aef48b3645be27abe5e5fc84150196011334543780.jpg?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-1c000ca1231c011e7280868be3de52476383828757923428724.jpeg?resize=600%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-1c000ca1231c011e7280868be3de52476383828757923428724.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-1c000ca1231c011e7280868be3de52476383828757923428724.jpeg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The original picture of Mansa Musa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-b169ccf57cc0178fcafb9d16249521a05106841385914119308.jpeg?resize=610%2C950&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-b169ccf57cc0178fcafb9d16249521a05106841385914119308.jpeg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-b169ccf57cc0178fcafb9d16249521a05106841385914119308.jpeg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-8d51e4a50a89941dbc411cfd5a4a39a4623257488140465306.png?resize=187%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-8d51e4a50a89941dbc411cfd5a4a39a4623257488140465306.png?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/main-qimg-8d51e4a50a89941dbc411cfd5a4a39a4623257488140465306.png?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"95S4K7Oa0Y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-were-the-sea-peoples\/\">Who were the Sea Peoples?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Who were the Sea Peoples?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-were-the-sea-peoples\/embed\/#?secret=pemwx8v8H1#?secret=95S4K7Oa0Y\" data-secret=\"95S4K7Oa0Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8Cu2cQ0WdD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/a-new-2022-dna-study-reveals-that-carthaginians-were-in-fact-berbers\/\">A new 2022 DNA study reveals that Carthaginians were in fact Berbers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;A new 2022 DNA study reveals that Carthaginians were in fact Berbers&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/a-new-2022-dna-study-reveals-that-carthaginians-were-in-fact-berbers\/embed\/#?secret=hpyRphhwb6#?secret=8Cu2cQ0WdD\" data-secret=\"8Cu2cQ0WdD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So who were the White Aethiopians?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e1b1b294138018064108372.png?resize=640%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e1b1b294138018064108372.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e1b1b294138018064108372.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e1b1b294138018064108372.png?resize=768%2C469&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Geographic distribution of the Y-chromosome Haplogroup E1b1b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/il_570xn7233636751488128614.jpg?resize=570%2C789&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/il_570xn7233636751488128614.jpg?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/il_570xn7233636751488128614.jpg?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buda (Ge\u2019ez: \u1261\u12f3) (or bouda), in <strong>Ethiopian<\/strong> and Eritrean folk religion, is the power of the evil eye and the ability to change into a hyena. Buda is generally believed by the wider society to be a power held and wielded by those in a different social group, for example among the Beta Israel or metalworkers. The belief is also present in Sudan, Tanzania, and among the <strong>Berber<\/strong> people in Morocco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-mariem_the_peul_girl_in_dogon_country_by_ferdinand_reus9133031619147908997.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-mariem_the_peul_girl_in_dogon_country_by_ferdinand_reus9133031619147908997.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-mariem_the_peul_girl_in_dogon_country_by_ferdinand_reus9133031619147908997.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-mariem_the_peul_girl_in_dogon_country_by_ferdinand_reus9133031619147908997.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-mariem_the_peul_girl_in_dogon_country_by_ferdinand_reus9133031619147908997.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-mariem_the_peul_girl_in_dogon_country_by_ferdinand_reus9133031619147908997.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dogon people of Mali are said to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians fleeing their home during the Arabic conquest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who were the White Aethiopians?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who were the White Aethiopians?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>If we pass through the interior of Africa in a southerly direction, beyond the G\u00e6tuli, after having traversed the intervening deserts, we shall find, first of all the Liby-Egyptians, and then the country where the Leuc\u00e6thiopians dwell. 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