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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
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.
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. In other instances, beginning around this same period, the word Ta-meri (“The Beloved Land”) (tꜣ-mrj)
[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).
With the early dynasties, and for much of Egypt's history thereafter, the country came to be known as "The Two Lands" (referencing Upper and Lower Egypt). The pharaohs established a national administration and appointed royal governors, and buildings of the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone .
The red color of the Crown is symbolic of the “red land”, arid desert land that surrounded the fertile “black land” of Kemet. [11] The curlicue of the Crown is symbolic of the proboscis, or stinger, of the honey bee. [citation needed] The Crown was woven, like a basket, of plant fiber, perhaps grass, straw, flax, palm leaf, or reed.
Every nome was ruled by a nomarch (provincial governor), who answered directly to the pharaoh. [2] [3] [4] [5]The area of the district was about 2 cha-ta (about 5.5 hectare / 4.8 acres; 1 cha-ta equals roughly 2.75 hectare / 2.4 acres) and about 10,5 iteru (about 112 km / 69,6 miles, 1 iteru equals roughly 10,5 km / 6.2 miles) in length.
Roberto B. Gozzoli: The Writing of History in Ancient Egypt During the First Millennium BCE (ca. 1070–180 BCE). Trend and Perspectives, London 2006, ISBN 0-9550256-3-X; Lloyd, Alan B. 2000. "The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, edited by Ian Shaw". Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 369–394