Portrait of Miltiades, the victor of Marathon, an Athenian from Ravenna preserving the original coloring of the beard (black).

Sho 'nuff
De original black coloring o his lips also be preserved as you see. Now can't nobody deny de African origins o Greak civilzation. Looks like dem crazy mack a donyans was right afta all.
http://www.maknews.com/html/articles/hla_genes.html
Now lookie here just give me de references to de arkealagists and historians who be sayin dis be his oriignal melanin pigment preserved here so i can be addin dis Nilotic Negroid Militdes to my fully and properly sourced africentric website.
Posted by: AFROMAN at May 24, 2003 06:48 AM
You are not funny.
Posted by: Dienekes at May 24, 2003 02:40 PMWho tryin to be funny, dawg? Don't tell me you was just jokin and dat bust just be discolorated. Don't be lettin me down like dat. Give me your sources dat be saying dat the original black colorin o Miltades lips and beard be preserved on dis here bust. Or did your just makes dat up yourselfs?
Posted by: AFROMAN at May 25, 2003 09:13 AMMr Afroman, (or Nordicman, or Yamatoman or Whateverman - I don't care about your race...), how about learning to spell for starters? If you don't know how to spell, chances are that you don't know genetics, as well.
(pardon my mistakes, i'm not a native english speaker)