The exhibition was intended as a modern riff on ancient Egypt ... the rich culture of the land of the pharaohs. Instead, “Kemet: Egypt in Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul & Funk”, which was organized ...

The museum exhibit, “Kemet: Egypt in Hip-Hop ... sang about being Queen Hatshepsut — an ancient Egyptian pharaoh — in a past life. The cover art for Nas’s 1999 album “I Am ...

A popular ancient name for Egypt was "Kemet," which means the "black land ... can be seen is at the 6,000- to 9,000-year-old rock art at the "cave of swimmers," as it is called today, on the ...

The show Kemet: Egypt in hip hop, jazz, soul & funk, runs until September and looks at how primarily Black American musicians have been inspired by ancient Egyptian and Nubian ideas like ...

After the opening of “Kemet: Egypt in Hip Hop ... Some commented with photos showing light-skinned ancient Egyptian drawings, next to ones with darker skin tones, which they say the museum ...

A vistor to the exhibition Kemet: Egypt in hip-hop ... centuries to be shown alongside museum’s renowned holdings of ancient art ...

NEW YORK — We call it Egypt; the Greeks called it Aigyptos; but the ancient civilization in the northeast corner of Africa preferred a word with pretty clear roots. Kemet, the name that emerged ...

Kemet, the name that emerged ... Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now Opens Sunday— Feb. 17, 2025, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; metmuseum.org.