▁Di op ' s ▁native ▁Wol of ▁( S en eg al ), ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁K mt , ▁convention ally ▁pron ounced ▁K emet , ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁to ▁describe ▁themselves ▁or ▁their ▁land ▁( dep ending ▁on ▁points ▁of ▁view ), ▁bib lic al ▁trad itions , ▁and ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁the ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁the ▁Egypt ians ▁in ▁numerous ▁paint ings ▁and ▁stat ues . ▁Other ▁points ▁of ▁the ▁hypothesis ▁include ▁claimed ▁cultural ▁affili ations , ▁such ▁as ▁circum c ision , ▁mat ri archy , ▁to tem ism , ▁hair ▁bra iding , ▁head ▁binding , ▁and ▁king ship ▁cult s . ▁Art ifact s ▁found ▁at ▁Q ust ul ▁( near ▁Ab u ▁Sim bel ▁– ▁Modern ▁Sud an ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 – 6 4 ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁showing ▁that ▁ancient ▁Egypt ▁and ▁A - group ▁N ub ia ▁shared ▁the ▁same ▁culture ▁and ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁greater ▁N ile ▁Valley ▁sub - str atum , ▁but ▁more ▁recent ▁finds ▁in ▁Egypt ▁indicate ▁that ▁the ▁Q ust ul ▁r ul ers ▁probably ▁adopted / em ulated ▁the ▁symbols ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁ph ara oh s . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁UN ES CO ▁" Sym pos ium ▁on ▁the ▁Pe op ling ▁of ▁An cient ▁Egypt ▁and ▁the ▁De ci ph ering ▁of ▁the ▁M ero it ic ▁script " ▁in ▁C airo ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁Black ▁Hyp oth esis