▁pron ounced ▁des h ret ) ▁or ▁" the ▁red ▁land ". ▁Raymond ▁Fa ulk ner ' s ▁Conc ise ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Middle ▁Egypt ian ▁transl ates ▁km t ▁into ▁" E gypt ians ", ▁Gard iner ▁transl ates ▁it ▁as ▁" the ▁Black ▁Land , ▁Egypt ". ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁UN ES CO ▁Sym pos ium ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁Sa un er on , ▁Ob eng a , ▁and ▁Di op ▁concluded ▁that ▁K MT ▁and ▁K M ▁meant ▁black . ▁However , ▁Sa un er on ▁clar ified ▁that ▁the ▁ad jective ▁K m ty w ▁means ▁" people ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁land " ▁rather ▁than ▁" black ▁people ", ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Egypt ians ▁never ▁used ▁the ▁ad jective ▁K m ty w ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁various ▁black ▁pe op les ▁they ▁knew ▁of , ▁they ▁only ▁used ▁it ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁themselves . ▁ ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁art ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁tomb s ▁and ▁tem ples ▁contained ▁thousands ▁of ▁paint ings , ▁sculpt ures , ▁and ▁written ▁works , ▁which ▁reve al ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁about ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁that ▁time . ▁However , ▁their ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁themselves ▁in ▁their ▁surv iving ▁art ▁and ▁artifact s ▁are ▁rendered ▁in ▁sometimes ▁symbol ic , ▁rather ▁than ▁real istic , ▁p ig ments . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁artifact s ▁provide ▁sometimes ▁conflic ting ▁and ▁incon clus ive ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁eth nic ity ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁lived