About the ninth century before Christ there were innumerable temples devoted to the cult of Nebo dotted over the land, for those were troublous times, and, doubtless, the rulers and their people were anxious to have all the advice that they could obtain from the "Arbiter of Fate." He was styled "the all-wise who guides the stylus of the scribes," as well as "the possessor of wisdom," and "the seer who guides all gods." These inscriptions are found in many places, not only on the temples but on clay tablets. Ashur-banipal extols Nebo on many of the tablets found in his great library at Nineveh, thanking him for his instructions and the inspiration that enabled the king to record in writing his valiant deeds, that were thus preserved for the benefit of his subjects. One of them reads, "write for posterity." The Assyrians invaded Egypt many times, and the Egyptians in return overran Palestine, Persia, Babylonia and Assyria, so that by intermarriage and constant intercourse the scientific attainments and the mythologies of both became influenced or mingled. Although the capital of Menephtah, the Pharaoh of the Exodus, was at Thebes, the site of the great temple of Thoth and the favourite residence of "the Ruler" was Zoan, or Sau, as it is now called, which is three miles from Goshen. It was there that Moses and Aaron had their interviews. From that time on Thoth and Nebo became almost one god, and it is by no means stretching a point to connect the cults of Assyria and Babylonia with those of Egypt. Isaiah xix:23 says: "There shall be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians." In the same chapter (third verse) we find: "And they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards." It is, therefore, but a simple conclusion to suppose that the magi of Egypt adopted the great tablet writer of the Assyrians as one of their inspiring gods, and, that afterwards, when the pair were introduced to Europeans, they were merged into Mercury, while "The Book of the Writer" became known as "The Book of Thoth Hermes Trismegistus" (three times great), now called the Tarot pack of cards. "The Bearer of the Fate Tablets," dedicated to Nebuchadnezzar at Borsippa, has been translated, "Oh! Nabu! On thy unchangeable Tablets which determine the boundaries of Heaven and Earth, decree the length of my days. Write down posterity." Which we would read, "Tell me how long I am to live and bestow children upon me."