Kemet (Ancient Egypt)
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Kemet is the ancient Egyptian name for Egypt and means "black (land)", which means the fertile farmland in the Nile Valley and Nile Delta .
The name Kemet is derived from the Nile flood , which washed fertile Nile mud of a dark, almost black color into the floodplain. When the water level fell again, it left behind a large area that was covered by the fertile Nile mud and thus formed an excellent basis for the abundant food supply and the rise of the Egyptian empire.
The opposite term for Kemet , "black land" was ta descheret , "the red land", which referred to the red and yellow desert landscape outside the Nile valley.
literature
- Hans Förster: The beginnings of Christmas and Epiphany. A request for the origin hypotheses (= studies and texts on antiquity and Christianity. Vol. 46). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2007, ISBN 3-16-149399-0 , pp. 117-118.
- Alexandra von Lieven : Floor plan of the course of the stars . The so-called Nutbuch (= The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies publications . No. 31 ). Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-635-0406-5 .
- Alexandra von Lieven: Wine, women and song. Rituals for the dangerous goddess. In: Carola Metzner-Nebelsick (Hrsg.): Rituals in prehistory, antiquity and the present. Studies in Near Eastern, Prehistoric and Classical Archeology, Egyptology, Ancient History, Theology and Religious Studies. Interdisciplinary conference from February 1st to 2nd, 2002 at the Free University of Berlin. Leidorf, Rahden 2003, ISBN 3-89646-434-5 , pp. 47-55.
Web links
Commons : Kemet - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
