Pagan Eye: Thoth, God of Writing at the BM Exhibition

“The patron god of writing, thinking and learning was Thoth, the moon deity. His name means ‘the one of the ibis’ and he could be depicted as an ibis or a man with an ibis head, possibly because the curve of the beak resembles the crescent moon. Sometimes, he was also depicted as a baboon holding up the moon. The Greeks associated him with Hermes. and eventually with Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary inventor of writing.”

Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt runs from 13 October 2022 to 19 February 2023 in the Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery at the British Museum. You can find out more here: britishmuseum.org/hieroglyphs

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