▁pyg m ies ▁switched ▁their ▁employ er ▁or ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁change ▁of ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁house . ▁Ev ident ly , ▁in ▁rare ▁cases , ▁nan ism ▁would ▁appear ▁naturally ▁within ▁a ▁health y , ▁normally ▁grown ▁family . ▁Thus ▁not ▁all ▁d war fs ▁and ▁pyg m ies ▁were ▁in ev it ably ▁gained ▁by ▁best ow al ▁or ▁ac quisition . ▁ ▁D iffer enti ations ▁ ▁The ▁An cient ▁Egypt ians ▁differenti ated ▁between ▁" real " ▁( gen etic ) ▁d war fs ▁and ▁pyg m ies , ▁who ▁arrived ▁in ▁Egypt , ▁pres umably ▁as ▁valu ably ▁ex otic ▁capt ives , ▁from ▁( ag ain ▁pres umably ) ▁those ▁areas ▁of ▁west ▁Africa ▁where ▁members ▁of ▁this ▁eth nic ▁group ▁still ▁live ▁( an ▁enorm ous ▁distance ▁from ▁the ▁ph ara onic ▁kingdom , ▁particularly ▁given ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁modern ▁communic ations ), ▁though ▁a ▁possible ▁origin ▁for ▁the ▁dan cing ▁pyg m ies ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁modern ▁day ▁Sud an ▁or ▁Eth iop ia ▁( if ▁they ▁were ▁formerly ▁more ▁w ides p read ). ▁P yg m ies ▁were ▁exclus ively ▁h ired ▁on ▁very ▁special ▁occasions ▁for ▁dan cing ▁and ▁for ▁ac rob atic ▁performances ▁at ▁tem ples ▁and ▁shr ines . ▁D war fs ▁instead , ▁were ▁exclus ively ▁h ired ▁for ▁highly ▁sk illed ▁craft ings ▁and ▁art istic ▁duties . ▁However , ▁modern ▁Egypt olog ists ▁ad mon ish ▁for ▁ca ution , ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁did ▁not