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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [b]3 months now ^^[/b][/QUOTE]What I merely said was that the whole concept behind 'Kemet' may have to do with something much more with spiritual beliefs, and not just skin color. And may I again point out that these spiritual beliefs are African in origin. Most Egyptians were not even black in terms of actual complexion, but brown. The Egyptians revered the color for another reason. Unlike cultures of the Near-East and especially those of Europe, black did not embody the negative or bad like death, sorrow, evil, dirty, ugly, etc. On the contrary, it represented positive aspects, in particular it embodied the most sacred belief of the Egyptians which is that of re-birth and regeneration. Many Egyptologists and early scholars made the mistake of taking the black painted statues and images of many tombs in into their own Western cultural concepts, and thought that they were simply "funerary" images of the "deceased." Many of these statues are actually representations of the [b]ba[/b], which is a spiritual aspect essential for the after-life, thus these statues don't represent death but life. Ahmose-Nefertari [IMG]http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/link.jpg[/IMG] Ahmose-Nefertari [IMG]http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/files/nnef.jpg[/IMG] Ba-statue of Tut [IMG]http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/files/51_tut.jpg[/IMG] two images of Tut, one being reborn [IMG]http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/files/perfumebox.jpg[/IMG] I remember Horemheb taking Wally's findings as a joke that the Egyptians saw themselves as being "under a black god." But in actuality this could very well be what the Egyptians believed in! Many early gods were depicted in the color black, again to symbolize the gods' powers of re-birth and regeneration, especially gods like Osiris and Isis. Even certain royals had the privilege to be represented in art as having a black color, whenever they are thought to attain a spiritual power or divine status. Osiris, the great black one [IMG]http://www.ankhonline.com/osiris.jpg[/IMG] This belief system of the color black being sacred is actually widespread throughout Africa, especially East and Central Africa. For example, in Kenya the Masai people worship their supreme god called Lengai or N'gai, who they call the Black God. Lengai, is opposed by an evil god of chaos who, interestingly enough, is called the red god! The Oromo's supreme god is Waaka who is also called Waaka Guuracha, which means Black God. Many of these peoples relate the black color to the color of the storm coulds that give rain, and to the soil that is rich and fertile. Since Egypt has not had any rain since Neolithic times, it was the soil of the banks of the Nile that expresses the gods' life-giving powers. Which is most likely derived the very term 'Kemet' which means Black-Land as in the whole country not just soil. The Egyptians called themselves the people of the black (divine) land, and to further express their connection to the divine, would even call themselves 'Kemui'/'Kem-au'(Black People). Again the name had nothing to do with skin color but was symbolical and spiritual. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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