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The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty , 180–47 BC. [ 1 ] Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period.
The double entrance to Kom Ombo Temple. Kom Ombo (Egyptian Arabic: كوم أمبو; Coptic: ⲙ̄ⲃⲱ əmbō or ⲛ̄ⲃⲱ ənbō; [2] Ancient Greek: Ὄμβοι Omboi [3] [4] [5] or Ὄμβος Ombos; [6] or Latin: Ambo [7] and Ombi) is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo.
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Outside the Faiyum, Kom Ombo, in southern Egypt, was the biggest cultic center of Sobek, particularly during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Kom Ombo is located about 30 miles (48 km) north of Aswan and was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BCE – 395 CE). [19] The temple at this site was called the "Per-Sobek", meaning the "house of ...
English: Ptolemy before Sobek & Hathor, Kom Ombo Kom Ombo is home to one of Egypt's most picturesque ruins, the Temple of the crocodile-god Sobek and Haroeris (Horus the Elder). The temple was built during the Ptolemaic dynasty in c180-47 BC in an elevated position overlooking the Nile, giving the site one of the most attractive of locations ...
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