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Hermopolis

Known to the Egyptians as Khmunu, "The City of the Eight", Hermopolis was the cult center of the Ogdoad, the eight primeval deities who created the world, according to one of several Egyptian traditions. Hermopolis was also the seat of the god of wisdom and learning, the ibis-headed moon-god Thoth. Its necropolis was located nearby at Tuna el-Gebel. Hermopolis was located on the west bank of the Nile, about midway between Thebes and Memphis, across the Nile from Akhetaten. It was the center of a heavily populated district that extended 20 kilometers to the west, until it met the Libyan desert.