Q: Did the
Ancient Egyptians have knowledge of this, too?
A: Egyptologists know of a group of eight gods called the Ogdoad (Greek
for ‘eight’). Four males and their wives, connected to the Egyptian
Flood, or primeval ocean (Nun/Nu). Their names occur in the Pyramid
Texts, Egypt’s oldest inscriptions.
The chief god is Nu, sounds like
Noah; his wife is Nu.t.
These eight were worshiped at Khemenu (Greek ‘Hermopolis’),
mentioned in the Pyramid Texts.
Khemenu survived into modern-day El
Ashmunein (‘Eight City’ in Coptic). A
temple once stood there, dedicated to their worship.
The Egyptians believed the ‘Eight’ eventually died, and were buried. A
small 18th Dynasty temple at Medinet Habu, south of Cairo, marks
their tomb.
Inscriptions feature their names, and describe both their
burial as mummies and the Great Flood." CMI
