egyptians were not "black", they were from North Africa and resembled modern day middle easterners with slightly dark skin.
Because Egyptians are also black.
Egyptians were considered gods and blacks people have the closet ancient ancestry ties to Egyptians.
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it is called the black land because of all the black people that lived there
Well, at the moment, the controversy about people claiming that the Ancient Egyptians were black which is false, is why some people may think that the Egyptians called their country the black land. But that is not the reason, as they were not black. The Ancient Egyptians called their land Kemet, which means black land. The soil at the banks of Nile was very dark in colour, and the soil was of great importance, since the country was mostly desert. Because the soil was dark, the Ancient Egyptians thought of their country as a dark, or black land, because of the land colour around the river.
Well, at the moment, the controversy about people claiming that the Ancient Egyptians were black which is false, is why some people may think that the Egyptians called their country the black land. But that is not the reason, as they were not black. The Ancient Egyptians called their land Kemet, which means black land. The soil at the banks of Nile was very dark in colour, and the soil was of great importance, since the country was mostly desert. Because the soil was dark, the Ancient Egyptians thought of their country as a dark, or black land, because of the land colour around the river.
Egyptians do NOT dye their hair black, Ancient Egyptians used to , but in modern Egypt they dont dye their hair black.
The early Egyptologists believed that Nefertiti was a princess from Syria, however, historical research suggests that she was the Egyptian-born daughter of the courtier Ay, brother of Akhenaton's mother, Tiy. This would make her ethnically more Middle-Eastern than Central African "Black."
Indeed the pharaohs were black. The British used cannons to shoot the nose off of the phinx's, because they resembled black people.
The Ancient Egyptians referred to themselves as "Kemet" or "Kemetic," which means "black land" in reference to the fertile black soil along the Nile River. This term distinguished them from neighboring civilizations and highlighted the importance of the Nile in their lives. The Ancient Egyptians also referred to their land as "Ta-Meri," which means "beloved land" or "land of the friend."
Ancient Egyptians used to dye their hair black, aswell as wearing wigs.
forget it