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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.
[19] [20] For example, some question whether the gods should be strictly worshipped by their Egyptian names or whether they can also be addressed by the Greek versions. [21] This question holds special significance for Kemetics due to the ancient Egyptian idea of the importance of name to existence.
[31] [32] This name is commonly vocalised as Kemet, but was probably pronounced [kuːmat] in ancient Egyptian. [33] The name is realised as K(h)ēmə (Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ) in the Coptic stage of the Egyptian language, and appeared in early Greek as Χημία (Khēmía).
Mizraim is the Hebrew cognate of a common Semitic source word for the land now known as Egypt. It is similar to Miṣr in modern Arabic, Misri in the 14th century B.C. Akkadian Amarna tablets, [2] Mṣrm in Ugaritic, [3] Mizraim in Neo-Babylonian texts, [4] and Mu-ṣur in neo-Assyrian Akkadian (as seen on the Rassam cylinder). [5]
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.
The first 30 divisions come from the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho, whose Aegyptaiaca, was probably written for a Greek-speaking Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt but survives only in fragments and summaries. The names of the last two, the short-lived Persian-ruled 31st Dynasty and the longer-lasting Ptolemaic Dynasty, are later coinings.
The First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty I) [1] covers the first series of Egyptian kings to rule over a unified Egypt. It immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt , by Menes , or Narmer , [ 2 ] and marks the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period , when power was centered at Thinis .