. ▁Since ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁typ ological ▁and ▁hier arch ical ▁models ▁of ▁race ▁have ▁increasing ly ▁been ▁rejected ▁by ▁scient ists , ▁and ▁most ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁held ▁that ▁applying ▁modern ▁not ions ▁of ▁race ▁to ▁ancient ▁Egypt ▁is ▁an ach ron istic . ▁ ▁Early ▁advoc ates ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁African ▁model ▁re lied ▁heavily ▁on ▁writ ings ▁from ▁Class ical ▁Greek ▁histor ians , ▁including ▁Stra bo , ▁D iod orus ▁S icul us , ▁and ▁Her odot us , ▁where in ▁the ▁Gree ks ▁referred ▁to ▁Egypt ians ▁as ▁" mel anch ro es " ▁with ▁w ool ly ▁hair . ▁The ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁word ▁" mel anch ro es " ▁is ▁disput ed , ▁being ▁translated ▁either ▁as ▁" black " ▁or ▁" dark ▁sk inned ". ▁Snow den ▁claims ▁that ▁Di op ▁is ▁dist ort ing ▁his ▁classical ▁sources ▁and ▁is ▁qu oting ▁them ▁select ively . ▁There ▁is ▁dispute ▁about ▁the ▁historical ▁accuracy ▁of ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Her odot us ▁– ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁support ▁the ▁reli ability ▁of ▁Her odot us ▁while ▁other ▁sch ol ars ▁regard ▁his ▁works ▁as ▁being ▁un re li able ▁as ▁historical ▁sources , ▁particularly ▁those ▁rel ating ▁to ▁Egypt . ▁ ▁Other ▁points ▁used ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁Black ▁Hyp oth esis ▁included ▁testing ▁mel an in ▁levels ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁sample ▁of ▁m umm ies , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁language ▁was ▁related ▁to