KhAnubis

KhAnubis (Actual name William "Willie" Rates) is an educational youtuber. He started under the name "KhAnubis Productions". He has a Discord Server.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What’s up with the hat?

A: I got it as a Halloween costume a long time ago, when I was in a kind of ancient Egypt phase, which made me want to keep wearing it until I got too used to it to bother taking it off. I still wear it because it helps distinguish me and my work (the one I currently wear is actually the second one I have worn).

Q: Wait, you were born in 2000?!

A: Yes, I guess I just bloomed rather quickly. Not much more I can really say about it.

Q: Where are you from? What is your nationality?

A: In terms of citizenship, I am just American. I don’t have any German relatives and I didn’t grow up in Germany or anything like that, I just live there now. In addition, I am a native English speaker who learned German from scratch in my teenage years. As mentioned above, I am originally from the DC area, grew up in Portland, Oregon, and now live in Berlin.

Q: Where did you think of the name KhAnubis?

A: When I was nine, I saw the movie Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, during my aforementioned ancient Egypt phase of my childhood. In this movie, the main antagonist was the fictional pharaoh Kahmunrah, which I assumed was a combination of Ka (which I thought was spelled Kha) and Amun Ra. Thus, thinking it would be a good name, but not wanting to steal another name, I replaced Amun Ra with Anubis at random (which is why the A in KhAnubis is supposed to be capitalized).