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Djehutynakht was governor of Hermopolis, a city midway between Memphis and Luxor.
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Henry Austin's Egyptian Revival wall and gate at New Haven's Grove Street Cemetery were designed based roughly on the Greco-Roman temple dedicated to the god Khnum at Esna in southern Egypt and the Greco-Roman temple of the god Thoth at Hermopolis in the Nile Delta.
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In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis.
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Hermopolis; 306 the bears (which are not commonly seen) and the wolves, not much larger in size than foxes, they bury on the spot where they are found lying.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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The major cities of Upper Egypt were Nennusu (Heracleopolis), Khmun (Hermopolis), Abydos, and Thebes.
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Thoth of Hermopolis and Knonthu of Thebes were lunar gods.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Apostolic administrator, and two suffragan sees, Hermopolis
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Tûm, of Heliopolis, with a serpent, a lion, or possibly later the bull Mnevis; Ptah of Memphis, with the Bull Apis; Sovek, in the Fayûm and at Ombos (Kôm Ombo), with a crocodile; Anubis of Assiût, with a jackal; Thoth of Hermopolis, with an ibis or a baboon; Amon of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Timothy Salofaciolus, who had sent him with Gennadius of Hermopolis as legate to the Emperor Zeno (474-491).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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It played an important part from the sixth to the eleventh dynasties; and later became the chief town of the nome of Hermopolis.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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