Furthermore,theordersofthepriests,theymaintain,havemuchthesameposition
amongbothpeoples;forallarecleanwhoareengagedintheserviceofthegods,
keepingthemselvesshaven,liketheEthiopianpriests,andhavingthesamedress
andformofstaff,whichisshapedlikeaploughandiscarriedbytheirkingswho
wearhighfelthatswhichendinaknobinthetopandarecircledbytheserpents
whichtheycallasps;andthissymbolappearstocarrythethoughtthatitwillbethe
lotwhoshalldaretoattackthekingtoencounterdeath-carryingstings.Manyother
thingsaretoldbythemconcerningtheirownantiquityandthecolonywhichthey
sentoutthatbecametheEgyptians,butaboutthisthereisnospecialneedofour
writing anything.”
The Ancient Egyptian texts state:
“Our people originated at the base of the mountain of the Moon,
at the origin of the Nileriver.”
The ancient name for the land now called Egypt was:
“KMT” “Egypt,” “Burnt,” “Black people,” “Black Land”
Figure 2: A map of North East Africashowing the location of the land ofTa-Merior
Kamit,also known as Ancient Egypt.
IndescribingtheAncientEgyptiansofhistimeHerodotus(Greekhistorianc.484-425BC),said:
“TheEgyptiansandNubianshavethicklips,broadnoses,woolyhairandburntskin......AndtheIn-
diantribesIhavementioned,theirskinsareallofthesamecolor,muchliketheEthiopians...their
countryisalongwayfromPersiatowardsthesouth...”Diodorus,theGreekhistorian(c. 100 B.C.)
saidthefollowing,“AnduponhisreturntoGreece,theygatheredaroundandasked,“tellusabout
thisgreatlandoftheBlackscalledEthiopia.”AndHerodotussaid,“TherearetwogreatEthiopian
nations,oneinSind(India)andtheotherinEgypt.”Thus,theAncientEgyptianpeopleswereof
African origin and they had close ties in ancient times with the peoples of India.
Where is the land of Ancient Egypt?
TheAncientEgyptianslivedforthousandsofyearsinthenortheasterncorneroftheAfricancontin-
entintheareaknownastheNileValley.TheNileriverwasasourceofdependableenrichmentfor