Thoth (replica)

Thoth, ancient Egyptian God of Wisdom represented as a baboon, was believed to have invented writing. Ancient Egyptians observed the intelligent behaviour of wild baboons and interpretated their calls as chants to the rising sun, the chief God Ra. As a scribe, Thoth registered the verdict during the ‘Weighing of the Heart’— an important rite of passage, as the dead moved into the afterlife.