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It was the capital of ancient Egypt (Kemet or Kumat) during both the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom and remained an important city throughout ancient Egyptian history. [6] [7] [8] It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the Nile Delta, and was home to bustling activity.
Map of ancient Egypt with town names in hieroglyphs Index of four charts of ancient Egyptian Cities Lower Egypt Upper Egypt part 1 Upper Egypt and part of Nubia Nubia. This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1]
Kemetism (also Kemeticism; sometimes referred to as Neterism from netjer "god"), or Kemetic paganism, is a neopagan religion and revival of the ancient Egyptian religion, emerging during the 1970s.
Kemet, kmt or km.t may refer to: Kemet or kmt, meaning "the black land", is the original name given by the rich black soil of the land surrounding the Nile river, part of the land that is today called Egypt; KEMET Corporation, American capacitor manufacturer; Kemetism, revivals of the ancient Kemetic religion in the land that is today known as ...
The name of Egypt on the Luxor Obelisk of Ramesses II. (Egyptian: km-m-t 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏 with "City-Region" determinative '𓊖', "kmt") Starting around the 11th-12th dynasty Ancient Egypt was referred to as Kemet ('km.t' ). Many scholars theorize the word may refer to the fertile black colored soil along the banks of the Nile.
Map of ancient Egypt, showing major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC to 30 BC) ... Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
The two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt were united c. 3000 BC, but each maintained its own regalia: the hedjet or White Crown for Upper Egypt and the deshret or Red Crown for Lower Egypt. Thus, the pharaohs were known as the rulers of the Two Lands, and wore the pschent , a double crown, each half representing sovereignty of one of the kingdoms.
Although Egypt was a prosperous kingdom, with the Ptolemies lavishing patronage through religious monuments and public works, the native population enjoyed few benefits; wealth and power remained overwhelmingly in the hands of Greeks. Subsequently, uprising and social unrest were frequent, especially by the early third century BC.