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Kemetologist, Linguist, Priestess, Director of the Institute of Kemetic Philology, wife, and mother of three daughters, Rkhty Amen has taught Mdu Ntr since 1980. She is a much-in-demand lecturer on various topics related to Kemet (ancient Egypt) and has lectured in the United States, Europe, and Africa. Rkhty is the author of several publications including: The Writing System of Medu Neter, Kemetic Name Book, The Kemetic Calendar Project, A Life Centered Life Living MAAT, Mejat Wefa Mdu Ntr Conversation Book, and articles published in The Journal of African Civilizations, and she is also a contributor to the ASCAC African World History Project. Among her other works are two unpublished translations from French into English by the late Dr. Cheik Anta Diop.

Rkhty (Wimby) Amen studied Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Studies, under Dr. Edward Wente, Dr. Claus Baer, and Dr. Helene Kantor. She also studied Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, and other African languages at the University of Illinois and Spertus College. She is proficient in reading the ancient language of Medu Neter in all of its stages. She has a degree in Linguistics from the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Rkhty became a popular much-demanded lecturer, being one of a few African American experts on Medu Neter language and at one time was the only woman lecturing on the subject of Kemet. She has lectured and continues to lecture on a variety of topics relating to ancient Africa and Kemet at Universities and Colleges all over the US and overseas. She was a regular lecturer at the First World lecture series in New York. Some of her lecture topics have included Kemetic Spirituality, Women in Ancient Africa, The African Family, African Education, Life Centered Life, and Medu Neter.

She is a founding member of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC), a founding member of the Kemetic Institute, a member of the Temple of the African Community of Chicago, a founding member of the Kem Wer Melanin Consortium, and a member of the Sankofa Sanctuary. In 1987 Rkhty established her own institute, the Institute of Kemetic Philology, which is dedicated to the resurrection and mastery of ancient Mdu Ntr as a living, spoken, classical language.