Lots and lots of email from readers who’ve been to Egypt, studied Egypt etc who note that it’s simply bogus that the Egyptians were black. There are scads of wall paintings showing Nubians as black and Egyptians — King Tut et al — as much lighter skinned. But there was also this point from a reader:

Any regular viewer of the ’60’s “Batman” series can tell you that King Tut was white, and looked remarkably like Judge Bork.

And, of course, he was Felix and Oscar’s building manager on the Odd Couple.