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Temple-chapel of Qasr (or Kasr) el Aguz Part 1

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The names of the temple 1- Temple-chapel of Qasr (or Kasr) el Aguz (lit. the castle of the old lady),  2- chapel of Thoth-Ibis, The names Thoth and Djehuty relate to the same god, Thoth is the Greek name for Djehuty. • The temple is dedicated to Thoth-ibis, a special form of Thoth referred to in the liturgies of the cult of Djeme WE SHOULDNT BE CONFUSED BETWEEN THOT TO WHOM THIS TEMPLE WAS DEDICATED & TWO OTHER FORMS OF THE SAME GOD    Dje-hr-(pa)-hb , Djehuty-Horus, (the) ibis    and Djhwty-stm , Djehuty-Setem, the setem or sem-priest. God Thot carries  the tittles of  Lord of Khmun (Hermopolis), Lord of the Divine Words, ... . In the temple, the god is always represented with a human body and the head of an ibis, sometimes crowned with the lunar disk, sometimes with a crown similar to the atef crown.  It is possible that a sacred ibis cult took place here.  The mentioned divinities  in the t...