ervation . ▁The ▁m ummy ▁was ▁also ▁for ens ically ▁tested ▁by ▁Professor ▁Pierre - Fern and ▁Ce cc ald i , ▁the ▁chief ▁for ens ic ▁scient ist ▁at ▁the ▁C riminal ▁Ident ification ▁Labor atory ▁of ▁Paris , ▁who ▁wrote : ▁" H air , ▁aston ish ingly ▁preserved , ▁showed ▁some ▁complement ary ▁data ▁– ▁especially ▁about ▁p ig ment ation : ▁R ams es ▁II ▁was ▁a ▁Red ▁ha ired ▁c ym not ric he ▁le uc oder ma ", ▁that ▁is ▁a ▁fair - sk inned ▁person ▁with ▁w avy ▁red ▁hair . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁now ▁largely ▁agreed ▁that ▁D yn astic ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁ind igen ous ▁to ▁the ▁N ile ▁area . ▁About ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁the ▁Sah ara ▁area ▁d ried ▁out , ▁and ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁Sah aran ▁population ▁retre ated ▁east ▁towards ▁the ▁N ile ▁Valley . ▁In ▁addition , ▁pe op les ▁from ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁entered ▁the ▁N ile ▁Valley , ▁bringing ▁with ▁them ▁whe at , ▁bar ley , ▁sheep , ▁go ats , ▁and ▁possibly ▁cattle . ▁D yn astic ▁Egypt ians ▁referred ▁to ▁their ▁country ▁as ▁" The ▁Two ▁Land s ". ▁During ▁the ▁Pred yn astic ▁Period ▁( about ▁ 4 8 0 0 ▁to ▁ 4 3 0 0 ▁B CE ), ▁the ▁Mer im de ▁culture ▁fl our ished ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁part ▁of ▁Egypt ▁( Lower ▁Egypt ). ▁This ▁culture , ▁among ▁others ,