Question:
Because of this predilection for a northerly orientation, European
explorers
coming from the Mediterranean into the Nile Valley literally, and
geographically, turned Egypt upside down.
So black vs white is not enough for you? Now you want to change the
definition of up & down ?
Answer:
It's very unfortunate we have to discuss the "color" of the ancient people of
Africa. We owe that to European racist authors who lied about them in the FIRST
place. Had it not been for them, lying, we would not have to discuss black vs.
white.
Secondly, the directional flow of the Nile speaks for itself, nothing I have to
turn around. It simply flows the direction I pointed out in my post. One that
you should re-read to understand that KM has nothing to do with changing the
definition of "up & down."
Within the singular body of the Nile River are six low-lying areas of rocky
waterfalls called cataracts. These cataracts posed the only major impediment to
the continued navigation of vessels through the river. Because the Nile flows
from the south to the north, to travel "down" the Nile would mean traveling in
a "northerly" direction. It was because the northerly flow of the Nile that
southern Egypt was originally referred to as Upper Egypt - and the north, Lower
Egypt.
The references to the numerical order of the six cataracts plays an important
role in determining one's perspective of Egypt in both ancient and modern
times. When traveling "down" the Nile in a northerly direction, from south
central Africa to the Mediterranean, the ancient Nilotic people encountered the
First Cataract in Sudan, north of Khartoum, and the Sixth Cataract, in Egypt
south of Aswan.
