ancientegyptdaily: The ancient Egyptian name of the country was Kemet () km.t, which means black lan

ancientegyptdaily:

_{The ancient Egyptian name of the country was Kemet()km.t, which means black land, likely referring to the fertile black soils of the Nile flood plains, distinct from the deshret (dšṛt), or “red land” of the desert.}

_{This name is commonly vocalised as Kemet, but was probably pronounced [kuːmat] in ancient Egyptian. The name is realised as kēme and kēmə in the Coptic stage of the Egyptian language, and appeared in early Greek as Χημία (Khēmía).}

_{Another name was ⟨tꜣ-mry⟩ “land of the riverbank”. The names of Upper and Lower Egypt were Ta-Shem-ahu (tꜣ-šmꜥw) “sedgeland” and Ta-Mehew (tꜣ mḥw) “northland”, respectively. [X]}