restlessandcr8ive:

Everything they teach about Egypt in most schools is distorted. The people of Egypt called their country Kemet not Egypt. Kemet means black land. Egypt is a Greek concept. Egypt is derived from the Greek word Aegyptos. The greeks called the kemetians  language hieroglyphs, but the people of Kemet called their language Medu Neter. Even the names we learn of the gods are wrong. Isis Kemetic name is Aset. Anubis is Anpu. Horus is Heru. Osiris is Wesir. I’m doing research to find as many of the true Kemetic  names that I can. 

If you’re really into reconstructing the ideas and culture of the ancient Egyptians (keeping in mind that they spanned eras and many of their ideas and religious concepts changed immensely during this time), you might look into Kemetic reconstructionism. These orthodox folks are really into the nitty gritty of it and the only reason I’ve never gotten involved with them is the attention paid to their founder. Besides that, their info is pretty spot on.

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge was probably the greatest Western scholar on Egyptology (but again, keep in mind he was white and British though earnestly interested in discovering the Egyptians actual culture and beliefs).

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