There ▁is ▁an ▁extraordinary ▁abund ance ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁works ▁of ▁art ▁which ▁clearly ▁dep icted ▁sharp ly ▁contrast ed ▁re dd ish - b rown ▁Egypt ians ▁and ▁black ▁N ub ians ." ▁ ▁However , ▁Man u ▁A mp im , ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁Mer ritt ▁College ▁special izing ▁in ▁African ▁and ▁African ▁American ▁history ▁and ▁culture , ▁claims ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁Modern ▁Fra ud : ▁The ▁F org ed ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁Stat ues ▁of ▁Ra - H ote p ▁and ▁N of ret , ▁that ▁many ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁stat ues ▁and ▁art works ▁are ▁modern ▁fra ud s ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁created ▁specifically ▁to ▁hide ▁the ▁" fact " ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁black , ▁while ▁authentic ▁art works ▁that ▁demonstrate ▁black ▁characteristics ▁are ▁system atically ▁def ac ed ▁or ▁even ▁" mod ified ". ▁A mp im ▁repeatedly ▁makes ▁the ▁accus ation ▁that ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁authorities ▁are ▁system atically ▁destroy ing ▁evidence ▁that ▁" pro ves " ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁black , ▁under ▁the ▁gu ise ▁of ▁renov ating ▁and ▁conser ving ▁the ▁applicable ▁tem ples ▁and ▁structures . ▁He ▁further ▁acc uses ▁" Europe an " ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁w itting ly ▁particip ating ▁in ▁and ▁ab et ting ▁this ▁process . ▁ ▁A mp im ▁has ▁a ▁specific ▁concern ▁about ▁the ▁painting ▁of ▁the ▁" Table ▁of ▁Nations " ▁in ▁the ▁T omb ▁of ▁R ams es ▁III ▁( K V 1 1 ). ▁The ▁" Table