The music video of Michael Jackson’s hit song "Remember the Time" poses a question to the audience: do you remember when there was a mighty kingdom in ancient Africa? The video stars Black celebrities playing ancient Egyptians at the court of the Pharaoh. These images fit into a long tradition of art and music created in the African diaspora, that can perhaps be traced back to W.E.B. Du Bois’ pageant "Star of Ethiopia" (1911), which highlighted ancient cultures in north-east Africa. This artistic tradition has received relatively little attention from Egyptologists and scholars who study the reception of Egyptian antiquity. In this brief survey led by Egyptologist Daniel Soliman, we will look at lyrics, album art, and music videos to determine how the artistic visions of ancient Egypt are used to express various philosophies across genres.