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arran-reddit t1_iu9sm7l wrote

You might want to clarify if you mean the rulers of Egypt (often not Egyptian) or the local populace.

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3ayzamout OP t1_iu9swvm wrote

the rulers of ancient egypt were mostly egyptians so yeah i mean all of ancient egypt history before roman and ptolemy invasion both rulers and people

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Ferengi_Earwax t1_iu9uqpd wrote

Mostly is right, but for hundreds of years foreign dynasties ruled as pharaohs too. You have the hyksos (semitic) the kushites, and the Macedonians. As for your post, there are a multitude of inscriptions and documents that call anyone from outside the Nile, barbarians. Pretty much all the great civilizations treated foreigners the same way. As if they were inferior, barbaric, uncivilized and less human.

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3ayzamout OP t1_iu9xrk9 wrote

yess do you have any sources on the documents on foreigners? because i cant find anything of it online

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cantcountnoaccount t1_iuaklmw wrote

Cleopatra was the most famous in the Ptolemaic line. They descend of Ptolemy, who was Greek/Macedonian, and came to rule after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.

Many people are aware of the relationship between Cleopatra and Roman general Mark Antony, but slightly less known is that she had a son whose father was Julius Caesar.

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Ferengi_Earwax t1_iu9z58m wrote

First off, there are hundreds of trmples all over ancient egypt with hieroglyphics stating the king protects egypt from barbarians and shows him bashing their head in. There are steles which record all kinds of victories over barbarian peoples and they often denigrate the people. And I'm not sure how you couldn't find any sources, I literally got dozens of sites right away... but here you go. https://www.thetorah.com/article/egypts-attitude-towards-foreigners#:~:text=In%20ancient%20Egypt%2C%20the%20attitude%20towards%20foreigners%20varied,a%20mace%20on%20the%20exterior%20of%20temple%20walls.

https://www.gradevalley.com/ancient-egyptian-attitudes-towards-foreigners

https://anthropology.msu.edu/anp455-fs18/2018/11/29/foreigners-in-egypt/ here they talk about how subjected princes or their kids were taken to egypt to be culturally washed and made egytian to be sent back to rule their people under egypt.

https://chrisnaunton.com/2020/09/03/the-foreigner-as-scapegoat-lessons-from-ancient-egypt-and-today/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/foreigners-in-ancient-egypt-9781474241601/ .... again there are thousands of depictions of foreignors in tomb paintings. Rarely kind.

If you're looking for books, search it yourself. All of this info I found in seconds.

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