Black siltstone obelisk of King Nectanebo II. According to the vertical inscriptions he set up this obelisk at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth, the Twice-Great, Lord of Hermopolis. Nowadays it is placed in the British Museum, London.

Hermopolis (or Hermopolis Magna) is the site of ancient Khmun, and is located near the modern Egyptian town of El Ashmunein. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 540 KB) Summary Black siltstone obelisk of King Nectanebo II of Egypt, Thirtieth dynasty, about 350 BC. According to the vertical inscriptions Nectanebo set up this obelisk at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth, the Twice-Great, Lord of... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 540 KB) Summary Black siltstone obelisk of King Nectanebo II of Egypt, Thirtieth dynasty, about 350 BC. According to the vertical inscriptions Nectanebo set up this obelisk at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth, the Twice-Great, Lord of... Categories: Stub | Sedimentary rocks ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. ... Nectanebo II (ruled 360 - 343 BC), also known by the name Nakhthoreb, was the third and last king of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt and the last native ruler of the country. ... Sanctuary has multiple meanings. ... Thoth (Ramesseum, Luxor) In Egyptian mythology, Thoth (also spelt Thot or Thout), pronounced tot, is the Greek name given to Djehuty (also spelt Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti, Techu, Tetu) - the original pronunciation of his name is disputed, and may have been approximately Tee-HOW-ti -, who was originally the deification of... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum in London is the United Kingdoms - and one of the worlds - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

It was the capital of the 15th Nome of Upper Egypt. It was the major cult centre of the worship of Thoth, and as the Ancient Greeks associated him with Hermes, in later times the area became known to them as Hermopolis. Nome refers to several things: The town of Nome, Norway The town of Nome, Alaska, USA Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA A subnational division (see Nome (subnational division): in Greece (see Nome (Greece)) in Ancient Egypt (see Nome (Egypt)) In mathematics, the Nome (mathematics). ... Map of Upper and Lower Egypt Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, known as Upper and Lower Egypt. ... Thoth (Ramesseum, Luxor) In Egyptian mythology, Thoth (also spelt Thot or Thout), pronounced tot, is the Greek name given to Djehuty (also spelt Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti, Techu, Tetu) - the original pronunciation of his name is disputed, and may have been approximately Tee-HOW-ti -, who was originally the deification of... Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek_speaking world in ancient times. ... Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles Hermés (pronounced HUR-meis; Greek: Έρμης: pile of marker stones), in Greek mythology, is the god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators, literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and...

The town is in a ruinous state, as it was built in the cultivation and has mostly disappeared under the water table.

Currently there is a small open air museum in which stand 2 massive statues of Thoth as a baboon worshipping the sun, and a few carved blocks of masonry.