Two temples in one
Sobek and Horus.
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A unique temple on a rise overlooking the Nile, built in the Ptolemaic era between the second and first centuries BC, with additions in Roman times. What sets it apart is that it is a double temple: two perfectly symmetrical halves on one axis, each with its own entrance, halls and sanctuary, the right for the crocodile-headed god Sobek and the left for the falcon-headed Horus the Elder. Its walls carry superb reliefs, the best known showing surgical and medical instruments thought to be among the oldest depictions of medical tools, along with a carved calendar and a Nilometer. Next door is the Crocodile Museum, showing real crocodile mummies found in the area, animals once revered and embalmed. The temple is at its finest at sunset and in the evening when it is lit, and it stays open until nine at night, so many Nile cruise boats stop here in the evening. A foreign visitor's ticket costs about four hundred and fifty Egyptian pounds and includes the Crocodile Museum. It lies on the road between Aswan and Luxor, so it is usually combined with Edfu Temple on a day trip or on a Nile cruise.
Sobek and Horus.
Among the oldest shown.
Real mummies.
Kom Ombo, on the east bank of the Nile, about 45 km north of Aswan
Before sunset and in the evening, when the temple is lit and the air cooler, as it stays open until nine at night.