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Middle Egypt
Khemenu
ḫmnwEgyptian
ḫmnw
Greek
Hermopolis Magna
Today
El-Ashmunein
What it was
The city of Thoth and of the Ogdoad, the eight gods standing for the qualities of the water before creation. Its Egyptian name simply means 'eight town'. The Greeks identified Thoth with Hermes, and the Hermetic tradition ultimately traces to that identification.
When it mattered most
New Kingdom and later
What is actually there now
Scattered remains, and the enormous baboon statues of Thoth at nearby Tuna el-Gebel.
Worshipped here
Elsewhere in Middle Egypt