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Its Egyptian name was Khem đđđđđđ (á¸Ģm), [2] and the modern site of its remains is known as Ausim (Arabic: اŲØŗŲŲ , from Coptic: â˛â˛ŠĪŖâ˛â˛, â˛â˛â˛ŠĪŖâ˛â˛). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The city was a center of worship of the deity Khenty-irty or Khenti-kheti , a form of the god Horus .
The god Khnum plays a significant role in the birth narratives of Egyptian leaders, often serving to legitimize their rule. In the Old Kingdom, King Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty can be seen suckling on the goddess Nekhbet at his birth, with Khnum presiding beside them. [ 27 ]
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Kneph, also as Kmeph, is a god and motif of divinity in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously represented as a winged egg, a globe surrounded by one or more serpents, or Amun in the form of a serpent called Kematef. [1] Some Theosophical sources tried to syncretize this motif with the deity Khnum, along with Agathos Daimon, Serapis and Pluto.
Hermanubis – A Greco-Egyptian god who was a syncretism from Hermes and Anubis [98] Hermes Trismegistus – A Greco-Egyptian god and legendary author of the Hermetica who was a syncretism from Hermes and Thoth [99] Heru-Khu – A god in the fifth division of Duat [39] Hery-sha-duat – A Duat god in charge of the fields of Duat [39]
Akhmim was known in Ancient Egypt as Ipu, Apu (according to Brugsch the name is related to the nearby village of Kafr Abou) [7] or Khent-min.It was the capital of the ninth (Chemmite) nome of Upper Egypt.
Nekhen (Greek Hierakonpolis) was the Upper Egyptian centre of the worship of the god Horus, whose successors the Egyptian pharaohs were thought to be. Pe (Greek Buto) was a Lower Egyptian town, not known for its Horus worship, [ 2 ] but Ra had awarded the town to Horus after his eye was injured in the struggle for the throne of Egypt.
(Egyptian: km-m-t đ đ đ with "City-Region" determinative 'đ', "kmt") Starting around the 11th-12th dynasty Ancient Egypt was referred to as Kemet ( 'km.t' ). Many scholars theorize the word may refer to the fertile black colored soil along the banks of the Nile.