Alkebulan - Definition

Did you know that the ancient name of Africa was Alkebulan? "Among the many names Alkebu-lan ["mother of mankind" or "garden of eden"] was called are the following: "Ethiopia, Corphye, Ortegia, Libya and Africa - the latest of all. Alkebulan is the oldest and the only one of indigenous origin. It was used by the Moors, Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians), and Ethiopians. Africa, the current misnomer adopted by almost everyone today , was given to this continent by the ancient Greeks and Romans. "

The Kemeticic Kalendar

The Kemetic civilization is one of the oldest in the world. The Kemetic Kalendar dates back to 4241 BC, and the Sothic cycle they used is 1,468 years. In ancient Kemetic mythology, Djehuty was the god of the moon, god of wisdom, the measurer of time, and the inventor of writing and numbers. He is credited with devising the standard 365-day year.

The Kemetic Kalendar clearly took into account the lunar cycles, as it, according to Herodotus, "consist[ed] of twelve divisions of the seasons." and they used forms of intercalation to keep the lunar Kalendar seasonally consistent. "the Kemetians, reckoning thirty days to each of the twelve months, add five days in every year over and above the total, and thus the completed circle of seasons is made to agree with the Kalendar." Seemingly, the solar Kalendar was included indirectly in their consideration of the seasons.

Creation Story

Shu (shoe), the son of the sun god, Re (ray), reigned as king of Kemetians for many years. When his daughter Nut (newt) fell in love with the god Geb (gebb), Shu was wildly jealous. To keep the lovers far apart, he turned Nut into the sky and Geb into the earth. Then he cursed Nut with barrenness, proclaiming that there were no months of the year in which she could give birth.

Djehuty, the god of the moon, time, and measure, took pity on Nut and Geb. He challenged the reigning gods to a game of dice and soundly beat them all. As his prize he asked the gods to give him five days in addition to those that already existed. Djehuty in turn presented the five extra days to the sky goddess, Nut. Because these five extra days did not belong to any particular month, they did not fall under Shu's curse. Thus, the goddess was able to use them to produce five children, including Asar and Aset.

Prior to Djehuty's gift, each of the twelve months of the Kemetic Kalendar had 30 days, resulting in a 360-day year. Djehuty's act of kindness reconciled the Kemetic Kalendar with the earth's actual 365-day cycle.