Kemet (Ancient Egypt) Fundamental Facts

What is the name of this river that runs through 11 African nations?

• Euphrates

• Amazon

• Nile

• Volga

Answer explanation

The Nile flows from south - inner Africa - to the Mediterranean Sea in Lower Egypt.

It runs through or along 10 other African countries before reaching Egypt.

Kemet is the indigenous name of the ancient civilization that built pyramids by the Nile River. What is the civilizations more common name?

• Aztec

• Ancient Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Roman

Answer explanation

Egypt isn't the only Nile River Country with pyramids. Sudan is known for a civilization called Nubia (Kush/Ta-Sety) and has pyramids as well.

Some of the Kush rulers ruled Kemet in the 25th Dynasty but their tombs were in Sudan.

The fertile land near the Nile River in Kemet was used for:

• Farmland

• Grazing cows or other domestic animals

• Mud brick houses/buildings or stone buildings

• All answers

Answer explanation

Many Kemet tombs featured everyday life scenes as wood artifacts or engraved/painted wall depictions.

Meketre's 11th Dynasty tomb featuring the counting of cattle.

Aside from hieroglyphs, pyramids, and mummies, Kemet had all of the following except:

• Innovations agriculture

• Industrialized trade

• Helicopters

• A multi-tiered government

Answer explanation

Meketre's tomb featuring women weaving cloth.

We know Kemet had many occupations, and individuals with various political/job titles. There are also depictions of trade.

Despite memes saying so, they had no helicopters.

Hieroglyphs was a script using local flora (plants), fauna (animals), and tools of Kemet to convey meaning iconographically or phonetically.

Which of these symbols do you believe represented the ruler?

• The bee

• The asp (snake)

• The vulture

• The 3 vessels

Answer explanation

Actually it's the sedge plant and the bee or either of these individually with the two "bread loafs"/ half-stone looking symbols.

Nswt Bty / Nsoot Bity is the actual term for ruler more commonly known as "pharaoh" by the Greeks.