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Kemet (or more precisely Km.t) is the actual name for the land Greeks referred to as Egypt. Km.t means Land of the Blacks. The people of Km.t referred to themselves as Km. Km means Black. The "t" refers to the symbolic hieroglyphic modifier meaning "Land of the."
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What did The ancient Egyptian call their land?
sweetie they called it kemet! ancient egyptain called there country kemet
What is the black land ancient Egyptian name?
it is the kemet
What is the Egyptian name for Egypt meaning the black lands?
The Egyptian fertile land was called Kemet (=Black Land) because of the fertile soil in the Nile river lands. Their desert land was called Red Landl
Why is the Nile River called kemet?
The ancient Egyptian name of the country is Kemet (km.t), which means "black land", referring to the fertile black soils of the Nile flood plains, distinct from the deshret (dšṛt), or "red land" of the desert
What is the Egyptian name for meaning the black lands?
The Egyptian fertile land was called Kemet (=Black Land) because of the fertile soil in the Nile river lands. Their desert land was called Red Landl
Why did the ancient egyptians call the land kemet?
The Nile would flood every year leaving dark soil, therefore they called it Kemet,the black land :) MAKE TODAY A SUNNY DAY!
What is the ancient Egyptians land name?
it is the kemet
The -Black Land- in Egypt is also known as what?
Ancient Egyptians called their lands "Kemet" which roughly translates to "The Black Land".
Are kemet and deshret related?
Yes. In Ancient Egypt, there were 2 main types of land - Kemet and deshret. Kemet means soil or 'black land'. Kemet is used for irrigation Deshret means red land or desert (sand)
How Egypt got its name?
I think it was the Greeks & the Romans who called the land south of the Aegian Sea Aegyptos. So that is how that country came to be known as Egypt (or some variation of it) in Europeans languages. The land today is called Masr by the Egyptians who speak Egyptian Arabic today. In Ancient Egypt the Land was called Kemet by the natives whose spoke Egyptian at that time. Egyptians modern successor Coptic calls the land Kimi.
What is another name for Egypt?
Egyptian Arabic; Masr Ancient Egyptian; Kemet Coptic; Kimi Arab Republic of Egypt
What is the ancient name of Kemet?
It actually means 'Land of the Black Faces."KMT -- It actually means 'Black Land" meaning fertile. KMTians were a Name for what we now call Ancient Egyptians (Greekword Aegyptos). KMT denotes the color of the land not the skin.Some opine that KMT meant "Land of Ham." This debate falls on the information that Ham, who was one of the three sons of Noah and the direct ancestor of the Egyptians, was black. This debate would say KMT is a derivative of the word "Khem" (Cham or Ham).
