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of the mountains of the moon, where god hapi dwells"
from the papyrus of Hunefer {1}, {2}
the egyptians consistently traced their origins to the south towards the twin sources of the nile (NTR Hapi), in central east africa (Uganda and Kenya, where the mountains of the moon are located). the egyptians were very clear in where they came from. AHA/menes/narmer unified the 'upper' and 'lower' egypt's two kingdoms, giving rise to the dynastic era btw 3,500 - 3,150bce, depending on the timeline used, but at the time they clearly had attained a high degree of civilization. artifacts relating to the ta-seti culture that both preceded egyptian culture and flourished beside it were being uncovered up until president Nasser of Egypt had the Aswan dam created (it provided power for the modernization of present day egypt, but flooded the ancestral homelands and archeological sites of the nubian people). {1}, {3}
in ancient times, though the egyptians/kemetans migrated northward from nubia, they maintained cultural affinities with their neighbor and kin to the south (despite the fact that they went to war on occassion, with each other). in several instances, conquest (or re-conquest) of kmt from the south led to a rennaissance of egyptian high culture.
i'm not with my books, so the above is paraphrased, however, you can find the info easily from these sources (which in turn, list the primary sources)...
1. "From Abu Simbel to Giza" Dr. Yosef Ben-Jocannon 2. "Nile Valley Contributions...." Anthony Browder 3. "African Origins of Civilization: Myth or Reality" Dr. Cheikh Ante Diop
furthermore, Diop (having been a consummate linguist) provides compelling evidence for the linguistic relationship between the language of KMT and those of several contemporary eastern and western african tongues, including his native Wolof.
why is all of this important to know? because, at the height of european colonialism and slavery, european "scholars" systematically attempted to obliterate the historical record of egypt as an african civilization, using all manner of absurd contrivances like "hamitics", "brown caucasians", "red caucasians", etc., to mask the truth. this was necessary because
a. their inhuman treatment of africans could not coexist with their professed religion unless africans were considered sub-human, pagan, barbarian
b. while they claimed as the basis of their entire civilization the greco-roman classical era, the greeks readily admitted their cultural debt to the egyptians in the areas of civilization for which they were most renowned (math, science, medicine, philosophy, not to mention other influences in art).
c. previous european scholars, prior to identifying egypt as an african civilization (or sometimes in spite of) correctly pointed out the links
d. if africans, at one point (we'll forget european denial of the great west african empires) represented the pinnacle of human civilization, they must have been human, and their mistreatment would have been a sin in the eyes of their god
peace & blessings,
x.
peace & blessings,
x.
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