Khemi

{{Marvel Database:Location Template | Image = Khemi from Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 8 0001.png | Name = Khemi | NameRef = ^[1] | Aliases = Khemia^[2]

| Reality = Earth-616 | Galaxy = Milky Way | StarSystem = Sol | Planet = Earth | Continent = Hyboria | Continent2 = ; Stygian Continent | Country = Stygia (Hyboria) | Region = Southern Kingdoms | City = Khemi | Locale =

| Population = | Creators = Robert E. Howard | First = Giant-Size Conan Vol 1 1

| Overview = The city of Khemi, set on the estuary of the Styx,^[1] was the religious capital and the greatest port and city of Stygia during the Hyborian Age.^[3]

| History =

Origins[]

The exact origin of Khemi are unrevealed:

• Khemi was more recent than Luxor.^[4]
• The Black Pyramids were built by the Serpent-Men during the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, including those present near Khemi,^[3] such as the Forbidden Temple of Set set within Khemi. It was stated, possibly as an exaggeration, that by the [[Age of Conan], circa 10,000 BC, the dynasties of Stygia, had been preserved at the Forbidden Temple of Set for a hundred centuries, dating this use back to 20,000 BC.^[5]

Age of Acheron[]

Foundation of Acheron (15,500 BC)[]

Circa 15,500 BC,^[6][7] thousand years after the Great Cataclysm. Stygians from Khemi established an outpost at the embouchure of the Tybor expanded up-river, enslaving or destroying the small unclassified tribes it encountered, and founded Acheron.^[6]

13,000 BC[]

Circa 13,000 BC, when Acheron still existed, Ptah-Mekri, high priest of Set and adept of the Black Ring, died. His body was preserved in a hall of the dead in the Forbidden Temple of Set, one of the Black Pyramids near Khemi.^[5]

Xaltotun died in his great house in Khemia, poisoned by jealous priests.^[2]

Hyborian Age of Conan[]

Siege of Khemi[]

Circa 10,000 BC, the King of Argos decided to end the Stygian slave trade, and laid siege to Khemi. Stygian sorcery kept the walls of Khemi impregnable, while the rains poured upon the Army of Argos for two months, along with hunger and dysentery. The walls of Khemi were eventually expected to fall quickly after a catapult was set in a strategical position.^[8]

| PointsOfInterest =

• Temple of Set^[5]

The following landmarks and monuments could be found near Khemi:

• Black Pyramids^[5][3]
  • Forbidden Temple of Set^[5]

| Residents =

• Xaltotun (13,000 BC)^[2]

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