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  2. Km and Km.t (Kemet) (hieroglyphs) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Kemetism - Wikipedia

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    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. A Kemetic or Kemetic pagan is one who follows Kemetism.

  4. Kemet - Wikipedia

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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 inhabitants of the land surrounding the Nile river 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 Egypt

  5. Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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    The basic symbol for plurality among the ancient Egyptians was the number three: even the way they wrote the word for "plurality" in hieroglyphics consisted of three vertical marks (𓏼).

  6. Memphis, Egypt - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena, as well as abstract concepts [1] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many ...

  8. Ancient Egyptian race controversy - Wikipedia

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    At the UNESCO "Symposium on the Peopling of Ancient Egypt and the Deciphering of the Meroitic script" in Cairo in 1974, the "Black Hypothesis" and the notion of a homogeneous population in Egypt was proposed by Cheikh Anta Diop in his chapter Origins of the Ancient Egyptians. "Numerous objections were made to the ideas propounded by Diop.

  9. Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs were centered around a variety of complex rituals that were influenced by many aspects of Egyptian culture. Religion was a major contributor, since it was an important social practice that bound all Egyptians together.