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Kom Ombo Temple , again next to the banks of the Nile

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We visited another temple today besides Edfu Temple today . This temple is Kom Ombo Temple sits upstream at the banks of the Nile . This temple is very near to the banks of the river, as we could walk from the boat moorings for about 500 m to the Temple.

The Temple is dedicated to the God, Sobek , the Crocodile God
This is the outer courtyard , as no roof . This is where ordinary people go & pray
You can see the colors on this column . The temple was very colorful at its time.

This temple is also about 2000 years old ( all this is above my head ). The colors faded because the Nile floods. Consequently , much of this quite small temple was damaged . The temple is dedicated to the God of Crocodiles , Sobek . This is because when many mummies of crocodiles were found when the temple was excavated .

If you walk into the temple from the outer courtyard , you will walk into the inner courtyard , which has a roof .
Outer Courtyard with damaged columns
Sobek can be clearly seen , 2nd figure from left
Thr God , Horus , remember the Falcon God ( figure on the extreme left ) giving offering to the Ptelomy ( the King ) who has double crowns of lower & upper Egypt .
Calender as devised by the Egyptians denoting days =360 days in a year with 5 days for festivals

The Egyptians were the first to devise a calender and also for 12 hours for day & 12 hours for night . Conclusion is that I think they are a cultured bunch of people , these ancient Egyptians . I wanted to buy a book on this temple and approached a man who were selling booklets on the temple. The booklets had many photographs rather less information and I told the seller this. He replied and said thats why you have a guide to provide the information hahaha .

Many Sobeks in the Crocodile Museum haha. The crocodile museum is at the end of the Temple .
Dusk by the Temple

We are staying another night on the boat as tomorrow we will vist Aswan Dam , Philae Island where there is Temple for Isis ( the mother of Horus ) and a faluka ride back to the boat .

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