Km.t is one of the most widely used toponyms to refer to the land of Egypt. Its etymology, “the black one,” is most likely a reference to the blackness of the fertile soil of the Egyptian Nile Valley. Another embodiment of Egyptianness, blackness, and fertility was the deity Osiris. This paper argues that Osiris’s association…

Review: Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic: Rethinking the Origins
Review of Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic: Rethinking the Origins, edited by M. Victoria Almansa‑Villatoro and Silvia Štubňová‑Nigrelli (University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2023).