Well, at the moment, the controversy about people claiming thatthe Ancient Egyptians were black which is false, is why some peoplemay think that the Egyptians called their country the black land.But that is not the reason, as they were not black. The AncientEgyptians called their land Kemet, which means black land. The soilat the banks of Nile was very dark in colour, and the soil was ofgreat importance, since the country was mostly desert. Because thesoil was dark, the Ancient Egyptians thought of their country as adark, or black land, because of the land colour around theriver.