At first it was assumed that the mummies found in Egypt were the direct
ancestors of the Egyptians living there today, namely Arabs. But advances in science and technology have
now revealed that many mummies of Ancient Egypt are Caucasian or white-skinned with blueish eyes and, in many
cases, blonde or even reddish hair. Even
the most famous mummy, the young Pharaoh Tutankhamen, was European, according
to modern DNA testing!
Many other mummies found in Egypt may not need DNA
testing to prove their connection to Europeans because their red hair and
Caucasian features already testify to their race. Even the mummy of another famous Pharaoh, namely
Ramesses II, whose body has been well preserved, revealed red hair pigments,
according to this scientific article:
https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/2017/08/02/the-mystery-of-ancient-egypts-red-haired-mummies/
It is also of interest, however, that some experts believe that the
famous enigma, the Sphinx, has negroid features,
and among the Caucasian mummies, many with African heritage have also been discovered.
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| Mummy of Ramesses II |
This is not really surprising when you consider that Egypt is actually
part of the African continent, and that African nations from Nubia and Ethiopia
merely had to travel down the Nile to reach Egypt. Furthermore, it is worth considering how
people migrated throughout history, and that like in our modern history, some
nations travelled further across the world than others, establishing colonies
or simply exploring uncharted lands.
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| A painting from the tomb of Seti I shows that Ancient Egypt had a variety of races |
With this in mind, the discovery of red-haired mummies in China and Peru
begins to make more sense. The mummies of China and Peru show mummifying techniques similar to those used in
Ancient Egypt, and since many of them also feature reddish hair and European
features, we can assume a definite link between them.
The red-haired mummies found in China are especially interesting because they
have been well-preserved in the dry desert-like conditions of the Tarim Basin
in far north-western China. These mummies
wore colourful clothes and in particular, woollen tartans – much like our
modern-day Celts!
Some books go into great detail about the mummies found in China:
The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples
from the West
https://www.amazon.com/Tarim-Mummies-Ancient-Mystery-Earliest/dp/0500051011
This book, The Mummies of
Urumchi, details the woollen tartan clothes of the mummies:
The enigma of red-haired people in ancient history continues,
with the discovery of a tall, female Caucasian red-haired mummy in Mammoth
Caves, Kentucky...
...and reaches even further to small islands such as the
Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco...
...and even as far as Easter Island where the famous
statues have been restored to show the “top-knot” hairstyle made from reddish
stone. The statues’ features are also
Caucasian. When Captain Cook first
visited Easter Island in the 1770s, he
recorded that he saw many people with fair skin and reddish hair living among darker, brown-skinned
people. 
There is also evidence of red-haired people among the Maori, the
native people of New Zealand, according to this article:
We might never know all the historical facts exactly, but in the meantime the theories surrounding an ancient European race with reddish hair has been inspiration for my Fantasy series. Based on the legend of Atlantis, blended with New Age themes, the main characters in the RHUNA series are white-skinned people, some with red hair. Although Rhuna is a Polynesian woman from Easter Island, she mingles with people of many races and backgrounds as she travels the ancient world.
The second and third books are set in Ancient Egypt, and in the third book Rhuna, The Star Child, the European and Arab races living in Ancient Egypt mix with the African nations from the south, and Rhuna interacts with the beautiful African Queen Uxbana.
