Hermopolis

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Hermopolis was an ancient Egyptian city renowned as the principal cult center of the god Thoth, associated with wisdom, writing, and the moon.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hermopolis canonical 25
Hermopolis Magna 9
Hermopolis nome 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
ancientName Khemenu
Khmun
Khmunu
linked to: Khnum
archaeologicalRemains Christian basilicas
colonnades
temple ruins
associatedDeity Hermes
associatedWith the moon
wisdom
writing
country Egypt
cultCenterOf Thoth
deitiesVenerated Ogdoad of Hermopolis
linked to: Hermopolitan Ogdoad

Thoth
flourishedDuring Late Period of Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Ptolemaic period
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman period in Egypt
function administrative center of its nome
religious center
governorate Minya Governorate
greekName Hermopolis
hadTempleDedicatedTo Ogdoad
linked to: Hermopolitan Ogdoad

Thoth
languageOfAncientName Ancient Egyptian
languageOfGreekName Ancient Greek
laterReligiousUse Christian center in late Roman and Byzantine periods
latinName Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
linkedMythologicallyTo primeval waters of Nun
primordial mound of creation
locatedIn Middle Egypt
linked to: central Egypt
locatedOn western bank of the Nile
meaningOfName City of Hermes
modernNearbySettlement el-Ashmunein
mythologicalAssociation creation myth of the Ogdoad
nomeCapitalOf 15th Upper Egyptian nome
nomeName Hare nome
periodOfAbandonment late antiquity
principalDeity Thoth
region Upper Egypt
religiousRole center of Hermopolitan Ogdoad theology
major cult center of Thoth
timePeriod Hellenistic Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Pharaonic Egypt
Roman Egypt

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thoth centerOfCult Hermopolis
Antinoopolis locatedNear Hermopolis
Nun worshipCenter Hermopolis
Nectanebo I templeBuildingAt Hermopolis
Djehuty majorCultCenter Hermopolis
Hermopolis greekName Hermopolis
Hermopolis latinName Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Ermoupoli alternativeName Hermoupolis
linked to: Hermopolis
Hermopolitan Ogdoad cultCenter Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Heptanomis hasPart Hermopolis nome
linked to: Hermopolis
Heptanomis capitalOrMajorCity Hermopolis
Naunet worshipCenter Hermopolis
Al Minya Governorate containsArchaeologicalSite Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Dhouti worshipCenter Hermopolis
Tehuti worshipCenter Hermopolis
Khmun ancientNameOf Hermopolis
Khmun greekName Hermopolis
City of Hermes isGreekNameFor Hermopolis
City of Hermes correspondsTo Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
City of Hermes hasAlternativeName Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Hare nome centeredOn Hermopolis
Hare nome majorCity Hermopolis
Hare nome GreekNameOfCapital Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Hare nome hasCapital Hermopolis
Hare nome hasCulticToponym Khmunu (Hermopolis)
linked to: Hermopolis
el-Ashmunein occupiesSiteOf Hermopolis
el-Ashmunein ancientName Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
el-Ashmunein greekName Hermopolis
el-Ashmunein latinName Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Khemenu greekName Hermopolis
Khemenu alsoKnownAs Hermopolis Magna
linked to: Hermopolis
Coptic Egypt hasImportantCity Hermopolis