The Egyptian race called
The Rametju
𓂋𓐝𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏪
Rōmā /ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (S Coptic), Rōmi/ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (B Coptic)
Ah the age old argument were the Egyptian black or white. Well neither on a DNA level it's far more complicated. Yes the Egyptian lived in the norther part of Africa, but they were neither native black Africans, nor white skinned Europeans. The Ancient Egyptian blood and race is still alive today fairly untouched in the (Copts) Coptics, who also still speak Coptic a Language comprised of a late form of Ancient Egyptian called Demotic, and Greek. Coptic is still used in their churches and is used for the Etymology of medu netjer today. The argument is a rather complicated one, but I'd like to set at least a few things strait.
The word for 'Egypt' in medu netjer that most use is /kmt/ Kemet 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖. 𓆎 (crocodile skin), 𓅓 (owl), 𓏏 (bread), 𓊖 (country determinative). Some are claiming, falsely that /kmt/ is a reference to the skin tone of the Egyptians. They are sadly mistaken and any bit of research into the language and Etymology would reveal that alone. The word /km/ 𓆎𓅓 means 'black', this is true, but when it is the word /kmt/ it's referring to the black land or black sand of Lower Egypt. Egypt was divided into two lands Upper and Lower /tAwy/ the two lands. Upper was refrued to as /tA Smaw/ and Lower was /tA mHw /the red and the black lands. Egypt also went by a lot of other names /tA-mri/ 𓇾𓌻𓂋𓇋𓆵𓊖 'beloved land', /iAwt/ 𓈏𓈇𓏏 'the divine mounds', /irt-ra/ 𓁹𓇴 'eye of Rā', /isti/ 𓇋𓏜𓏏𓏭𓊖𓊖 'the two places', /idbwy/𓈅𓈅𓈇𓈇 'the two banks', /wDAt/ 𓂀𓏏𓊖 'eye of Horu/Horus'. Kemet actually referred to the Norther part of Egypt originally and was a reference to the black silt of the Nile delta. In Demotic the word /kemi/ and khamē/ⲭⲁⲙⲏ (B), kamē/ⲕⲁⲙⲏ (S) in Coptic both refer to /iAt/ the 'mound' meaning the land not skin tone. In the Rosetta Stone it refers to /tA-mrt/ 'beloved land' (the cultivated land) and /Hr-tAwy/ 'Horus/ Horus of the two lands'. ex. Demotic /kmi-tA-mrt/ 'the two black lands', /kmi-Hr-tAwy/ Horu of the two black lands', /kmi-kmt/ 'black of the black land', /kmi-tAwy/ 'black of the two lands' , /kmi-iAt/ 'black mound' , /kmi-rsyt-mHt/ 'the black South and North lands'.
Lower Egypt - tA mHw /𓇾𓎔𓎛𓅱𓇇 'Land of Papyrus' was North
Lower Egypt was associated with the fertile nile silt that is black and it was referred to as the land of black sand /km/ and was associated and the red crown /dSrt/ Deshret 𓋔 'red crown' of the Delta. The King of Lower Egypt was referred to as /bity/ 'of the bee'. Horu/Horus 𓅃 was associated with ruling Lower Egypt.
Upper Egypt - tA Smaw /𓇾𓇗𓂝𓈈 'Land of Sedge', or tA rsw/ 𓇾𓇔𓊖 'the south land' was South
Upper Egypt was associated with the red sand /dSrt/ or the desert. Upper Egypt and was associated with the white crown of Lower Egypt /HDt/ Hedjet 𓋑 'white crown'. The King of Upper Egypt was referred to as /nsw/ Nisu 'of the sedge'. The patron goddess is /nxbt/ Nekhbet 𓅐. Sutekh/Setesh/Set 𓃫 was associated with ruling the desert lands and the foreign lands that surrounded Egypt that was referred to as /dSrt/ 'the red lands'. The foreign lands was considered a region of chaos an aspect associated with Sutekh/Setesh/Set.
Upper and Lower United - Sema-Tawy 'Uniter of the two lands' 𓋍
When the two lands were unified often a King's Epitaphs would be /nsw bity/ and they would call it. The combined crown was called /ψχεντ/ Pschent or /sxmty/ 'doubly powerful' Sekhmenti 𓋖(double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt). The patron goddess is /wADyt/ Wadjet 𓆗.
What does this all mean, well it means pureply based on one of the names of Egypt alone you can not base an argument that the Children of the Nile were all black skinned. This does not mean there was never a Nubian King on the throne. There was and Egypt did not deny the color or the or the region they came from. This is were we get a lot of foreign names and very beautiful art work. But to say the whole race of Egypt was black African is as silly as saying all of America is white Irish. Egypt was the center of the world for a long time which means they were the leadings in technology, art, trade and medicine. Making Egypt a meting pot of cultures and races. It was very diverse in the people who came to trade and stayed in Egypt. They Egyptians were not like today's people in that they were against marring into other races. In fact you will find many pharaohs who were mulatto or even Egyptian mixed with Greek, or other races of the surround regions. More info
The word for 'Egypt' in medu netjer that most use is /kmt/ Kemet 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖. 𓆎 (crocodile skin), 𓅓 (owl), 𓏏 (bread), 𓊖 (country determinative). Some are claiming, falsely that /kmt/ is a reference to the skin tone of the Egyptians. They are sadly mistaken and any bit of research into the language and Etymology would reveal that alone. The word /km/ 𓆎𓅓 means 'black', this is true, but when it is the word /kmt/ it's referring to the black land or black sand of Lower Egypt. Egypt was divided into two lands Upper and Lower /tAwy/ the two lands. Upper was refrued to as /tA Smaw/ and Lower was /tA mHw /the red and the black lands. Egypt also went by a lot of other names /tA-mri/ 𓇾𓌻𓂋𓇋𓆵𓊖 'beloved land', /iAwt/ 𓈏𓈇𓏏 'the divine mounds', /irt-ra/ 𓁹𓇴 'eye of Rā', /isti/ 𓇋𓏜𓏏𓏭𓊖𓊖 'the two places', /idbwy/𓈅𓈅𓈇𓈇 'the two banks', /wDAt/ 𓂀𓏏𓊖 'eye of Horu/Horus'. Kemet actually referred to the Norther part of Egypt originally and was a reference to the black silt of the Nile delta. In Demotic the word /kemi/ and khamē/ⲭⲁⲙⲏ (B), kamē/ⲕⲁⲙⲏ (S) in Coptic both refer to /iAt/ the 'mound' meaning the land not skin tone. In the Rosetta Stone it refers to /tA-mrt/ 'beloved land' (the cultivated land) and /Hr-tAwy/ 'Horus/ Horus of the two lands'. ex. Demotic /kmi-tA-mrt/ 'the two black lands', /kmi-Hr-tAwy/ Horu of the two black lands', /kmi-kmt/ 'black of the black land', /kmi-tAwy/ 'black of the two lands' , /kmi-iAt/ 'black mound' , /kmi-rsyt-mHt/ 'the black South and North lands'.
Lower Egypt - tA mHw /𓇾𓎔𓎛𓅱𓇇 'Land of Papyrus' was North
Lower Egypt was associated with the fertile nile silt that is black and it was referred to as the land of black sand /km/ and was associated and the red crown /dSrt/ Deshret 𓋔 'red crown' of the Delta. The King of Lower Egypt was referred to as /bity/ 'of the bee'. Horu/Horus 𓅃 was associated with ruling Lower Egypt.
Upper Egypt - tA Smaw /𓇾𓇗𓂝𓈈 'Land of Sedge', or tA rsw/ 𓇾𓇔𓊖 'the south land' was South
Upper Egypt was associated with the red sand /dSrt/ or the desert. Upper Egypt and was associated with the white crown of Lower Egypt /HDt/ Hedjet 𓋑 'white crown'. The King of Upper Egypt was referred to as /nsw/ Nisu 'of the sedge'. The patron goddess is /nxbt/ Nekhbet 𓅐. Sutekh/Setesh/Set 𓃫 was associated with ruling the desert lands and the foreign lands that surrounded Egypt that was referred to as /dSrt/ 'the red lands'. The foreign lands was considered a region of chaos an aspect associated with Sutekh/Setesh/Set.
Upper and Lower United - Sema-Tawy 'Uniter of the two lands' 𓋍
When the two lands were unified often a King's Epitaphs would be /nsw bity/ and they would call it. The combined crown was called /ψχεντ/ Pschent or /sxmty/ 'doubly powerful' Sekhmenti 𓋖(double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt). The patron goddess is /wADyt/ Wadjet 𓆗.
What does this all mean, well it means pureply based on one of the names of Egypt alone you can not base an argument that the Children of the Nile were all black skinned. This does not mean there was never a Nubian King on the throne. There was and Egypt did not deny the color or the or the region they came from. This is were we get a lot of foreign names and very beautiful art work. But to say the whole race of Egypt was black African is as silly as saying all of America is white Irish. Egypt was the center of the world for a long time which means they were the leadings in technology, art, trade and medicine. Making Egypt a meting pot of cultures and races. It was very diverse in the people who came to trade and stayed in Egypt. They Egyptians were not like today's people in that they were against marring into other races. In fact you will find many pharaohs who were mulatto or even Egyptian mixed with Greek, or other races of the surround regions. More info
Egyptians had no problems differentiate themselves from other cultures that they concurred or that were aroudn them. Above we see a edited version of a wall that had many different cultures lines up with their names in hieroglyphics. Form left to right we see Horu/ Horus facing a typical native ancient Egyptian man referred to as /rmT/ Rametj within their culture. Next we see a Asiatics the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians called them /aAmw/ Āamu 𓉼𓂝𓄿𓐝𓌙𓀀 or /aprw/ Āpru 𓂝𓊪𓏲𓏭𓂋𓅱 𓌙𓀀𓏪, who have a slightly lighter hue then the Egytpains. They are fallowed by the Nubians. Upper Nubia was the Kingdom Napata or Kush and Lower Nubia was The Kingdom Meroe where we get the language of Meroitic from, the Egyptians called them /nHsy/ Neḥsy 𓈖𓅘𓎛𓋴𓏭𓌙𓀀 or /iwnti/Ȧunti 𓉺𓌔𓏏𓀐 which are shown to have the darkest skin of all portrayed in this painting. And lastly the Libyans or the Berbers, who the Egyptians called /THn(y)w)/ Tjeḥnyu 𓋣𓈖𓏌𓏲𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏪 or /tmHw/ Timiḥu 𓍘𓅓𓎛𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏪 or /mSwS/ Māshauash 𓅖𓆷𓄿𓍯𓆷 who is what we would consider white skinned.
The Nubains
Now the Nubians did conquer and sit on the Egyptian throne in 25th Dynasty and mixed marriages were not uncommon. The Egyptians were known for using the Medjey 𓅓𓂝𓍑𓄿𓇌𓅱𓌙𓀀𓏪 (mDAy), a group of Nubian military desert scouts to protect the region. So we can clearly see the Egyptians intermarried and lived with the Nubians, but definitely differentiated between the two cultures.
The Coptic Egyptians
These are the real descendant of the Ancient Egyptians. If you would like to learn more about the Coptics. They speak a hybrid language of Late Kingdom Demotic Ancient Egyptian mixed with Greek. They call themselves ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ Niremenkīmi Enkhristianos Which means the Egyptian Christians. Ⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ/remenkīmi is rmT kmt/Rametj Kemet in Ancient Egyptians (MDC) and it means the Men (Egyptians) of Egypt (black sand). They mostly speak Arabic today especially in Egypt but some of their prayers and songs in the Church have remained in the Coptic language. If you would like to hear a Coptic prayer.
an Ancient Egyptian glass and faience pair of Nubians, a Philistine, an Amorite, a Syrian and a Hittite
Libyan (TmH), Nubian (nHsy), Syrian, Hebrew (SAsw), Hittite (xtA)
Intiu Seti 𓏏𓏳𓐮𓉺𓉺𓉺 /intiw sty/ (Asiatics, Nubias, Easter Desert Hills, NW Red Sea?),
Keftiu 𓎡𓆑𓍘𓅱𓈉 /kftyw/ (South East Aegean, Crete, Cyprus),
Irem 𓁹𓅓𓈘𓈉 /iry-m(i)/ (Sw of Kasala, West Sudan of Eritrea in Ethiopia),
Keftiu 𓎡𓆑𓍘𓅱𓈉 /kftyw/ (South East Aegean, Crete, Cyprus),
Irem 𓁹𓅓𓈘𓈉 /iry-m(i)/ (Sw of Kasala, West Sudan of Eritrea in Ethiopia),
Rametj (Nubains King) 𓂋𓍿𓀁𓀭𓏥 /rmTw/ *, Amu 𓌙𓅓𓅱𓏥 /aAmw/ (Semite, Asiatic), Nubian 𓅘𓎛𓋴𓅱𓏥 /nHswy/, Themehu 𓍿𓎕𓅱 /TmHw/ (Libyan)
* regarding the king 𓀭 glyph which is pointing to a Nubain King on the throne of Egypt as you can see he looks iditcal to the Nubian /nHsw/ in all his features and clothing except he has a gold earring in his ear. There was of course Nubians who lived in Egypt and raised their families there and probably would have been considered Egyptians. There were even Nubians Kings who sat upon the throne. Sadly the tomb where these drawings were made from is badly damaged so it's possibly some things were translated wrong.
* regarding the king 𓀭 glyph which is pointing to a Nubain King on the throne of Egypt as you can see he looks iditcal to the Nubian /nHsw/ in all his features and clothing except he has a gold earring in his ear. There was of course Nubians who lived in Egypt and raised their families there and probably would have been considered Egyptians. There were even Nubians Kings who sat upon the throne. Sadly the tomb where these drawings were made from is badly damaged so it's possibly some things were translated wrong.
also Rametj 𓂋𓍿𓀁𓀭𓏥 /rmTw/ although scratched out, Amu 𓌙𓅓𓅱𓏥 /aAmw/ (Semite, Asiatic), Nubian 𓅘𓎛𓋴𓅱𓏥 /nHswy/, Libyan 𓍿𓎕𓅱 /TmH/ (Indo-European or 'Aryan)
Tomb Merenptah 1
Tomb Merenptah 1
Black African Pharaohs and Royalty
When a foreign ruler sat on the Egyptian throne they would always have Egyptian titles and names given to them, written in Hierglyphics. We see this with Cleopatra which is a Greek name that is Ptolemaic in orgin not Egyptian. Her Horus name however was wr(.t)-nb(.t)-nfrw-3ḫ(t)-sḥ "The great Lady of perfection, excellent in counsel." Foreign ruler Never had any problem with have a name that reflected their homeland. You can see this if you study the language of Ancinet Egypt.
nTrw/ Gods who were Nubain
ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Km_(hieroglyph)