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| Egypt - miSr (in arabic) |
| Temple of Kom Ombo |
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The temple is
dedicated to two gods - Sobek and Haroeris. This temple was build
on secret ground in Ptolemaic times with Ptolemy VI as the
ambitious builder. Most of the decorations were completed by
Ptolemyu XII, and he was the father of Cleopatra. Everything in
this temple i boubled and perfectly symmetrical along the main
axis of the temple. The left (western) side was dedicated to
Haroeris, and the right side (eastern) to Sobek, the local
crocodile god.
(Click on the
thumbnails, and you will get a larger version)
| Nice
entrance in low sunshine |
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| Nicely
decorated columns |
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| Details
from the walls inside the temple |
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| The
Nilometer in the sunset with more details from the
temple, and even a mumified crocodile |
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