"Ibis" ... the master of the holy word, the moon god, wisdom and medicine
A quiet bird, almost silent, that the ancient Egyptian knew from the beginning of the dynastic era, and raised it to the highest position could be on the surface of the globe, not only did they discover by engraving its pictures on the walls of their temples and tombs only, but rather became a symbol of the god Thoth, so that the discovery of his mummified mummies is still Archaeologists have found it so far in the tombs of the Pharaohs.
One of the seabirds, which was sanctified by the ancient Egyptians, and the discovery of the mountain tuna cemetery in the center of Mallawi in the Minya Governorate, which dates back to the seventh century BC, is the greatest evidence of his sanctity, as basements were found inside which buried thousands of His mummies, which were found embalmed and buried in linen scrolls, in the same way that humans were shrouded, were placed inside coffins of stone or pottery.
And this ancient inscription that the Egyptians made for this bird a special law, so everyone who misbehaves with him faces a death sentence. The reverence for this bird began from the beginning of the dynastic period until the Roman era. He was known as the Master of the Holy Word, as he was credited with inventing the art of writing.
Some paragraphs of the texts of the pyramids come to indicate the increasing importance of the ibis in the era of the Old Kingdom, where he mentioned his association with the sun god "Ra", describing him as one of the two lords who accompanied "Ra" in his journey across the sky, so the god "Ra" crossed the heavenly river over Wing of ibis "Thoth".
The ibis appeared in the scenes of the divine trial, which accompanies the texts of the Book of the Dead, standing before the scale, in which the heart of the deceased weighs, and records the result of the scale, which gave the god Thoth the trait of justice and integrity.
In the past, the Turks believed that these birds carry the souls of the ancestors, so they were keen to protect them from discomfort, but in Europe in the Middle Ages, it was considered the dish for the children of the upper and velvet classes, so it was protected.
The "ibis" bird matures sexually when it reaches 12 months of age, and the female lays 2 to 5 eggs per season. The parents exchange the eggs for a period ranging between 21 to 29 days, and after hatching, one of the parents continuously remains in the nest for the first 7 days And after 48 days, the children become independent from their parents, and it is the type that lives for long periods, and may even live for 30 years.
