 At the UNESCO Symposium in 1974, Professors Sauneron, Obenga, and Diop concluded that KMT and KM meant black.However, Professor Sauneron clarified that the Egyptians never used the adjective "Kmtyw" to refer to the various black peoples they knew of, they only used it to refer to themselves.Diop saw the representation of black people in Egyptian art and iconography throughout Egyptian history.