Ancient Egypt
The term “Egypt” (Aigyptos) comes from the Phoenician “Hikupta” – a distorted Egyptian “Hatkapta” (“Temple of Ptah”), the name of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The Egyptians themselves called their country “Kemet” (“Black Land”) according to the color of the black earth soil in the Nile Valley, as opposed to “Red Land” (desert).Read More »Ancient Egypt








