Djehuty
Djehuty is an ancient Egyptian deity responsible for writing, mathematics, measurement, and time as well as the moon and magic. In artworks of the Late Period of Ancient Egypt, Djehuty is popularly depicted as an ibis-headed man in the act of writing.
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000 BCE) through the Late Period of Ancient Egypt.
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“particularly associated with the deity Djehuty or otherwise commonly referred to in Greek as Thoth. He is responsible for writing, mathematics, measurement, and time as well as the moon and magic. In artworks of the Late Period of Ancient Egypt, Thoth is popularly depicted as an ibis-headed man in the act of writing”
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“graves of senior officials and high clergies of the god Djehuty (Thoth) in January 2020. An archaeological mission headed by Mustafa Waziri reported that twenty sarcophagi and coffins of various shapes and sizes, including five anthropoid sarcophagi made of limestone and carved with hieroglyphic texts”
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