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The ibis are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. "Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek word for this group of birds
Black headed Ibis
Ibises illustration, c. 1835–1840
Black-headed ibis
Thoth
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Thoth is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart is Seshat, and his wife is Ma'at. He is
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…and on low shrubs in marshes. The African sacred ibis was an object of religious veneration in ancient Egypt, particularly associated with the deity Djehuty or otherwise commonly referred to in Greek as Thoth. He is responsible for writing, mathematics, measurement, and time as well as the moon and magic…
Relief in the Temple of Seti I (Abydos) of Thoth giving the ankh to pharaoh Seti I.
Faience statue of Thoth as baboon depicted with the moon-disk on his head.
Worshipper before two ibises of Thoth. (early 19th Dynasty)
Modern impression of an Achaemenid cylinder seal from Iran, with king holding two lion griffins at bay and Egyptian hieroglyphs reading "Thoth is a protection over me". (c. 6th–5th century BC).