▁further ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁Mes op ot am ian - f ounded ▁state ▁or ▁states ▁then ▁conquer ed ▁both ▁Upper ▁and ▁Lower ▁Egypt ▁and ▁founded ▁the ▁First ▁D ynast y ▁of ▁Egypt . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁the ▁D yn astic ▁Race ▁Theory ▁was ▁widely ▁accepted ▁by ▁main stream ▁scholar ship . ▁Sch ol ars ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Sen eg al ese ▁Egypt ologist ▁Che ikh ▁An ta ▁Di op , ▁fought ▁against ▁the ▁D yn astic ▁Race ▁Theory ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁" Black ▁Egypt ian " ▁theory ▁and ▁claimed , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁that ▁European ▁sch ol ars ▁supported ▁the ▁D yn astic ▁Race ▁Theory ▁" to ▁avoid ▁having ▁to ▁admit ▁that ▁An cient ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁black ". ▁Martin ▁Bern al ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁D yn astic ▁Race ▁theory ▁was ▁conce ived ▁by ▁European ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁den y ▁Egypt ▁its ▁African ▁roots . ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁scient ists ▁agree ▁that ▁Egypt ian ▁civil ization ▁was ▁an ▁ind igen ous ▁N ile ▁Valley ▁development ▁( see ▁population ▁history ▁of ▁Egypt ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Arch ae ogen et ics ▁of ▁the ▁Near ▁East ▁ ▁Bi ological ▁anth rop ology ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁of ▁Egypt ▁Ind o - A ry an ▁M igration ▁controvers y ▁▁ ▁D yn astic ▁race ▁theory ▁ ▁Egypt oman ia ▁ ▁F ay um ▁m ummy ▁port ra its ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁anth rop ology ▁ ▁N égr itude ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁S ources ▁