Tally Marx Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 There have only been about 90 non-Italian Popes.
Archaeology cat Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) [quote name='RezaMikhaeil' timestamp='1332731489' post='2408537'] Well many would argue that before the Islamic Conquest, North Africans were of darker skin. IE: Many Egyptian pharoahs dug up have been black as the night. [/quote]Eyptologists would disagree with that. While the colour of a mummy's skin looks black, this is in large part due to the mum cation practice. They weren't white, but neither were they black, and the Egyptians themselves differentiated themselves in physical appearance from the black Nubians to the south, and the Near Eastern peoples, and the Libyans (who also weren't black, as such, at leastnot in Egyptian depictions; while the depictions were somewhat stylised and used some stereotypes, they can nevertheless give an idea of appearance) /end hijack God bless Edited March 26, 2012 by Archaeology cat
EmilyAnn Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 [quote name='Archaeology cat' timestamp='1332784418' post='2408810'] Eyptologists would disagree with that. While the colour of a mummy's skin looks black, this is in large part due to the mum cation practice. They weren't white, but neither were they black, and the Egyptians themselves differentiated themselves in physical appearance from the black Nubians to the south, and the Near Eastern peoples, and the Libyans (who also weren't black, as such, at leastnot in Egyptian depictions; while the depictions were somewhat stylised and used some stereotypes, they can nevertheless give an idea of appearance) /end hijack God bless [/quote] I just wanted to add that there were at one point a couple of Nubian pharaohs so maybe that is where the suggestion came from.
Archaeology cat Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 [quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1332798038' post='2408880'] I just wanted to add that there were at one point a couple of Nubian pharaohs so maybe that is where the suggestion came from. [/quote]There was a whole dynasty of Nubian pharaohs, if I remember correctly, though that was in the Late Period, which is too recent for me. there have been many who've tried to claim that Khafre, Tutankhamnun, etc, were black, but I don't know any Egyptologists who accept that.
MIKolbe Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 [quote name='Archaeology cat' timestamp='1332798984' post='2408883'] There was a whole dynasty of Nubian pharaohs, if I remember correctly, though that was in the Late Period, which is too recent for me. there have been many who've tried to claim that Khafre, Tutankhamnun, etc, were black, but I don't know any Egyptologists who accept that. [/quote] I was going to say this, minus the insight and facts...
Luigi Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 There's got to be bad joke in here someplace about not being able to find a black cardinal with enough "soul" to be pope, but I'm too tired to think it through to a punchline.
vee Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Im still amused there was a Cardinal Sin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin
Basilisa Marie Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Seriously? 28 posts and no one making a joke about the head of the Jesuit order? I'm disappointed.
qfnol31 Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1332813958' post='2408978'] I gave up jokes for Lent... [/quote] [quote name='Lil'Monster' timestamp='1332814108' post='2408979'] I don't like jokes..... [/quote]Thomas Aquinas thought that joking was a sin.
Lil'Monster Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 [quote name='qfnol31' timestamp='1332815545' post='2408988'] Thomas Aquinas thought that joking was a sin. [/quote] What??? I don't beleive you......
Basilisa Marie Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 [quote name='Lil'Monster' timestamp='1332817708' post='2409009'] What??? I don't beleive you...... [/quote] He also didn't believe in the immaculate conception, or something like that. I guess that was just to prove that he was human after all...
EmilyAnn Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 [quote name='vee8' timestamp='1332805603' post='2408924'] Im still amused there was a Cardinal Sin [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin[/url] [/quote] I always found that highly entertaining.
MIKolbe Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1332813958' post='2408978'] I gave up jokes for Lent... [/quote] no joke?
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 My dream pope would be about a 23 on the von Luschan scale and would represents haplogroup Q.
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Although, type VI skin color would be pretty neat from a style pov. I want a Melanesian pope with the gene for Rodman hair.
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