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This tablet has an account in Sumerian cuneiform describing the receipt of oxen The Egyptians used to believe that literacy was divine, a gift from baboon-faced Thoth, the god of knowledge ...

To call Thoth, 49, a singer sells him short. For those who have not seen him perform, as he did on the red carpet of the 74th Academy Awards ceremony in 2002, he's a bit puzzling.

Unlock the arcane, follow the trail of Thoth, and uncover the secrets said to transcend death itself. The Why Files. Atlantis, Thoth, the Emerald Tablet & the Secret to Immortality.

These include a temple belonging to the God Thoth, a bird-like deity responsible for writing, accounting and all other intellectual pursuits.

In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the god of writing, wisdom and magic is the business partner of fellow Ancient Egyptian god, Mr Jacquel – otherwise known as Anubis. The two of them run the Ibis ...