Some ancient Egyptians were natural blondes

Bridie Smith, "Some ancient Egyptians were natural blondes" Sydney Morning Herald   May 1, 2016

Forensic egyptologist Janet Davey has proved that fair-haired Egyptian mummies were natural blondes, [...] "The general public and a lot of egyptologists think that the ancient Egyptians had very dark brown or black hair," Dr Davey said. "But this shows there were fair-haired Egyptians." She said fair-haired mummies were rare: she has seen just four in her research career. [...] there were blondes dotted among the ancient Egyptian population during the Graeco-Roman period, which spanned from 332 BC to around 395 AD. She said it made sense. The child mummies had fair hair because they lived during the rule of the Greeks and the Romans. This era would have brought many new genes into Egypt, via the Northern Greek and Roman soldiers as well as traders and slaves who may have had northern European genes. "Some ancient Egyptians could have been blue-eyed blondes or brown-eyed blondes," she said. "I wouldn't say ancient Egypt was multi-cultural like Australia today but certainly there were various mixes."