Thoth
or TAUT, an Egyptian deity identified by the Greeks with Hermes (Mercury), to whom was attributed the invention of letters, arts, and sciences.
The name is equivalent in significance to the Greek Logos, and Thoth is a mythical personification of the divine intelligence. THOTHMES III. (Tehuti-mes), an Egyptian king of the 18th dynasty; lived about 1600 в. C. and reigned for 54 years.
He was famous for his conquests and carved upon the temple walls of Karnak the names of 625 vanquished cities and nations.