Ancient Kemet's (ancient Egypt's) holy land was in Sub-Saharan Africa in what they called Ta-Netjer which translates to "Land of the Gods" which a large regions today which emcompasses Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti. The original populations of the Nile Valley were no different than modern Kenyan, Sudanese, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali populations of today with minimal admixture of western Eurasian DNA mostly confined to the regions of the Delta and along the coastlines of North Africa where Asiatics settled during many back to Africa migrations. The Horn of Africa and ancient Kemet experienced what historians describe as cultural convergence and fully integrated cultural interaction between different populations within the Afro-Ascaitic linguistic family. The cultural overlap of Punt, Kush and Kemet existed from the very dawn of Nile Valley civilization and the cultural fusion was expressed in the customs and spiritual beliefs of its early inhabitants.
These ancient traditions are continually practiced in Africa to this day. Africans are the only populations on the planet which possess the genetic diversity represented in the artwork left by the ancient Kemetyu on the papyrus and temple walls. The variation of phenotypes, complexions, hair textures and facial features depicted in ancient Egyptian artwork all exist within Black Africa and many of the cultural practices of the Kushites and Kemetyu are still practiced today among these populations.
The Nation of Kemet developed in the southernmost regions of the land over 1000 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. It was dependent on the yearly inundation of the life giving Iteru, which translates to the Great River, now known as the Nile. Kemet was in essence a Nile Valley Civilization, not a Mediterranean one; with deeper roots in modern day Sudan and the Horn of Africa. They looked south to the Land of the horizon dwellers.
Inscriptions at the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut illustrate both the great severance she had for Ta-Netjer but also the origins of Het-Heru, known as Hathor to the Greeks
"It is the sacred region of Gods Land (Punt)
It is my place of distraction
I have made it for myself in order to cleanse my spirit
Along with my mother, Hathor,
The Lady of Punt."
A man who takes part in the Festival recites a hymn to Min and he is referred to as "Nehesy in Pwenet" which means “Nubians of Punt". In Egyptian autobiography, Punt is also referred to as the “land of the horizon-dwellers". The horizon dwellers, in this context, refers to the oldest of Nile Valley ancestors who are acknowledged by the Kemites and Kushites alike. This epithet also describes the realm of the Kemetic Neteru as the homeland of the ancient Egyptian Pantheon which lies within Nubia and can be read on the stele of Mentuhotep the forth.
“O Venerable one, primeval god, foremost of the position in the land of the horizon-dwellers, the palace of the god is presented with life, the sacred nest of Heru in which this god is refreshed is his pure place of enjoyment upon the hills of god’s land.”
These three cultures, Kemet, Kush, and Punt, constitute Nile Valley Civilization. Although each was their own nation with its own identity, Ta-Meri, Ta- Netjer, And Ta-Seti were connected, culturally, commercially, and spiritually. The cultural exchange between these three Nile Valley civilizations was fluid. The emergence of Kemet was an evolution of various African science's, philosophies, spiritual beliefs and agricultural technologies which seeded the very foundations of civilization which influenced and inspired the ancient world.
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