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Egypt was believed to have been a colony of Kush in antiquity.
They (the Ethiopians) say also that the Egyptians are colonists sent out by the Ethiopians, Osiris having been the leader of the colony... And the larger part of the customs of the Egyptians are, they hold, Ethiopian...
Diodorus Siculus, Ancient Greek Historian. The idea of a pharaoh (king) may have come down the Nile from Nubia to Egypt (and) that would make Nubian civilization the ancestor of Egypt. The first settlements in Egypt are in Upper Egypt where the black descendents of the ancients still live today if you dont believe go and visit southern Egypt. The Southern Kingdom, Upper Egypt, was clearly conceived as the dominant of the two regions. It was from the south that the most enduring influences in Egyptian society came and without doubt most of its greatest leaders were southerners too. The ancient Egyptians originated from the south not the north.

2007-07-26 22:46:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Cultures & Groups Other - Cultures & Groups

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From my knowledge, Osiris was from southern Kemet, I could be wrong, as I am not an Osiris expert.
As far as the start if Kemet's civilization, I believe the Aunu people, a nomadic tribe of sub-sahara Africa are the settlers and creators of the empire's.
I just asked a question about "Ancient Egypt", so feel free to answer~

2007-07-27 02:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, Wesir, or Ausare) is the Egyptian god of life, death, and fertility. He is one of the oldest Gods for whom records have survived and first appears in the pyramid texts around 2400 BC, when his cult is already well established. He was widely worshipped until the forceable suppression of paganism in the Christian era.[1][2] Osiris was not only the redeemer and merciful judge of the dead in the afterlife, but also the underworld agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River. The Kings of Egypt were associated with Osiris in death such that as Osiris rose from the dead so would they, in union with him, inherit eternal life through a process of imitative magic. By the New Kingdom all men, not just pharaohs, were believed to be associated with Osiris at death if they incurred the costs of the assimilation rituals.[3]

Osiris is the oldest son of the Earth god, Geb, and the sky goddess, Nut as well as being brother and husband of Isis, with Horus being considered his posthumously begotten son. He is usually depicted as a green-skinned pharaoh wearing the Atef crown, a form of the white crown of upper Egypt with a plume of feathers to either side. Typically he is also depicted holding the crook and flail which signify divine authority in Egyptian kings, but which were originally unique to Osiris and his own origin-gods (see below), and his feet and lower body are wrapped, as though already partly mummified. The information we have on the myths of Osiris is derived from allusions contained in the pyramid texts, and, much later, in narrative style from the writings of Plutarch] and Diodorus Siculus.

2007-07-27 05:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by azhzurin 2 · 1 0

You seem to have a racial agenda in this. Do you want 100% confirmation that Egyptians were black? That does not exist.
However depictions on walls of ancient Egyptians contrast Nubian features from Egyptian features (being more aquiline). Nubians are also painted black whilst Egyptians are painted different shades of brown. But you knew this...

2007-07-27 07:29:38 · answer #3 · answered by X-Ray 4 · 0 2

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