Is There Any Indication of Semitic Peoples in Egypt?

Egypt's history is like a rollo cos to write. There always were semites living in egypt. Prisoners of war were brought back from military campaigns and the like. So we have these foreign canaanites, syrians, even as far north as metani. And they stand out in reliefs or paintings in egyptian tombs because they have blond hair. When you see some of these foreigners, they not depicted in the same way as egyptians.

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