Khemenu
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Khemenu was an ancient Egyptian city, better known by its Greek name Hermopolis, that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Thoth.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Egyptian city ⓘ |
| administrativeRole | capital of the 15th Upper Egyptian nome ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hermopolis Magna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Thoth as god of wisdom
ⓘ
Thoth as god of writing ⓘ Thoth as lunar god ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hermopolitan Ogdoad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| cultPractices | veneration of ibis and baboon forms of Thoth ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| egyptianNameMeaning | City of the Eight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | various 19th and 20th century archaeologists ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Middle Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| greekName | Hermopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
inscriptions
ⓘ
statues ⓘ temple ruins ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
massive temple enclosure walls
ⓘ
processional ways ⓘ sacred lake ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Temple of Thoth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
temples from the New Kingdom period ⓘ |
| laterLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| linkedMyth |
emergence of the primeval mound
ⓘ
origin of the sun god from the waters of Nun ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Middle Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernorate | Minya Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | modern Mallawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| majorDeity | Thoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernArchaeologicalSite | el-Ashmunein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | group of eight primordial deities ⓘ |
| partOf | Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
important religious center in ancient Egypt
ⓘ
major cult center of Thoth ⓘ |
| religiousImportance | center for creation myths involving the Ogdoad ⓘ |
| religiousOffice | high priests of Thoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTitle | city of Thoth ⓘ |
| scriptEvidence |
Greek inscriptions
ⓘ
demotic inscriptions ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ |
| theologicalRole | center of Hermopolitan cosmology ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.