World History: Ancient History, American History, and the History of Europe, Russia, China, India, World War 1 and 2, Vietnam War, Cold War, Medicine, Science and Technology

by Howard Colvin

One of the earliest deities to be worshipped in the region was Hwt-Ka-Ptah, which means the House of the Spirit of Ptah. The Greek’s version of this name was “Aegyptos”, which gave birth to our modern name “Egypt”.