The ancient Egyptians did not call themselves Egyptians, the name was invented by the Greeks. The first Greek visitors to Kemet in the 7th century B.C. were amazed at the Temple of Ptah of Memphis. They afterward referred to Kemet as Hekaptah, The land of the Temple of Ptah. In the Greek language, Hekaptah, becomes Aiguptos. Under the Roman rule the name Aiguptos was Latinized to Aegyptus, which is where Egypt comes from. The Greeks are responsible for a few atrocities, such as changing the name Ausar, Aset, and Heru to Osiris, Isis, and Horus. The Greeks worshipped Isis and Horus, and the Romans later knew them as the Black Madonna and Child. As centuries passed, the origin of their Afrikan skin lightened as they began to be portrayed as European. The Greeks also changed the name of the three main builders of Giza. Khufu was changed to Cheops, his son Khafre was changed to Chephren, and his son Menkaure was changed to Mycernius. The early Kings of Kemet never called themselves Pharaoh. That word was introduced into the language by foreigners during the New Kingdom almost 2,000 years after Narmer united the two lands of ancient Kemet. Ethiopia is also a name of Greek origin. Ethios means burnt, and ops means face. Ethios + ops= Ethiopia. Think of the meaning of the word, Ethiopian, literally meaning burnt face, describes the people the Greeks found in the Nile Valley. Excerpt from Nile Valley Contributions, by Anthony Browder.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 02:33:04 +0000
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