KANGZ MYTH BTFOed AFTER KING TUT'S GREAT GRAN REVEALED TO BE A STRAWBERRY BLOND

Kangz the world over were in despair following yet more revelations that the ancient civilization with which they identify was probably as White as Iceland.

The latest blow to the Kangz myth, much cherished by members of the African-American community in the US, was the discovery that Tutankhamun's great grandmother, Princess Tjuyu, was a slender thin-lipped woman with strawberry blonde hair.

As reported by the Daily Star:

Egyptian noblewoman Tjuyu – who is believed to have died in 1375 BC – is most widely known as being the great-grandmother of legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Her tomb was found in 1905 – 18 years before Tut’s – but it has rarely been opened.

In Channel 5 documentary The Nile: Egypt’s Great River, historian Bettany Hughes was given the chance to witness such an occasion at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Footage from tonight’s episode shows experts lifting the lid off Tjuyu’s tomb to reveal her incredibly-well preserved body.

“She’s so tiny and so perfect,” Bettany exclaims.

The presenter then notices something strange, the “strawberry-blonde” hair of the mummified body.

Ancient Egyptians have historically been portrayed as having brown hair.

The Kangz myth is vital to the self esteem of many African-Americans keen to show White Americans that Blacks have made an important contribution to high civilisation as well.

Kween Tjuyu

According to psychologists, high self-esteem derives from narrowing the gap between one's actual self and an idealised self. In the case of the Kangz myth this means narrowing the gap through self delusion between one's actual ancestors and a fantasy of Black ancient Egyptian ancestors who supposedly pioneered civilisation. The revelation that Princess Tjuyu was in fact White, however, makes this extremely hard to do, striking a deep blow at the self esteem of African Americans and the Kangz myth. 

But there is still a sliver of hope left. Although Princess Tjuyu is a blond, Egyptologist Salima Ikram pointed out that there is a chance that her hair could in fact be fake -- rather like Beyonce or Nicki Minaj.

“We’re not 100% sure [if that is her original hair],” she said.

“But when you use natrons for mummification, it acts like a bleach.”

This substance could mean her true hair colour was lightened to give it a blonde-look."

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