▁in ▁Egypt ▁during ▁d yn astic ▁times . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 9 , ▁Champ oll ion ▁states ▁in ▁his ▁work ▁Eg yp te ▁An ci enne ▁that ▁the ▁Egypt ians ▁and ▁N ub ians ▁are ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁manner ▁in ▁tomb ▁paint ings ▁and ▁relief s . ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁sch ol ars ▁assert ▁that ▁N ub ians ▁are ▁generally ▁dep icted ▁with ▁black ▁paint , ▁but ▁the ▁skin ▁p ig ment ▁used ▁in ▁Egypt ian ▁paint ings ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁N ub ians ▁can ▁range ▁" from ▁dark ▁red ▁to ▁brown ▁to ▁black ". ▁This ▁can ▁be ▁observed ▁in ▁paint ings ▁from ▁the ▁tomb ▁of ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁H uy , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁R ams es ▁II ' s ▁temple ▁at ▁Beit ▁el - W ali . ▁Also , ▁Snow den ▁indicates ▁that ▁Rom ans ▁had ▁accurate ▁knowledge ▁of ▁" neg ro es ▁of ▁a ▁red , ▁co pper - color ed ▁complex ion ▁... ▁among ▁African ▁tribes ". ▁Con vers ely , ▁Naj ov its ▁states ▁" E gypt ian ▁art ▁dep icted ▁Egypt ians ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁and ▁N ub ians ▁and ▁other ▁black s ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand ▁with ▁distinct ly ▁different ▁eth nic ▁characteristics ▁and ▁dep icted ▁this ▁abund antly ▁and ▁often ▁ag gress ively . ▁The ▁Egypt ians ▁accur ately , ▁ar rog antly ▁and ▁ag gress ively ▁made ▁national ▁and ▁eth nic ▁dist in ctions ▁from ▁a ▁very ▁early ▁date ▁in ▁their ▁art ▁and ▁literature ." ▁He ▁continues , ▁"