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The temple was excavated by M. Naville for the E. E. F. (1887-9); an account of the results is given in the eighth memoir (1891; also in part in the tenth, 1892). The destruction had been so complete that no light is thrown on H.'s account of the buildings; but M. Naville confirms his accuracy as to (1) the island-like nature of the site; (2) the depressed position of the temple; ‘the account is clearly that of an eyewitness’ (p. 3); (3) the direction and the length of the road (§ 4) which is traceable (p. 60). H. is partially mistaken in assigning the smaller temple to Thoth; his name occurs in the inscriptions, but the building was probably a treasury (ib.).


Hermes, i. e. Thoth. He was connected with the worship of Osiris (cf. Diod. i. 15-16), and was identified by the Greeks with Hermes as being ψυχοπομπός. For pictures of him in the judgementhall of Osiris cf. B. M. G. p. 140.

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