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	Temple of Kom Ombo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic Period in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo.
		One side of the temple is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world.
		The temple was started by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 B.C) at the beginning of his reign and added to by other Ptolemys, most notably Ptolemy XIII (47-44 B.C.), who built the inner and outer hypostyle halls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo (183 words)

	Kom Ombo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kom Ombo (كوم أمبو) is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for its temple.
		It was originally a Greek settlement called Ombos, from the Egyptian 'nubt', meaning City of Gold.
		The town's location on the Nile 50 km north of Aswan gave it some control over trade routes from Nubia to the Nile Valley, but its main rise to prominence came with the erection of the temple in the 2nd century BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kom_Ombo (139 words)

	Kom Ombo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kom Ombo is located on a bend in the river Nile about 50 km north of Aswan.
		Despite being badly damaged, the temple is a beautiful sight as one approaches from either direction on the river, particularly as sunset nears and the colours change.
		Approaching the temple of Kom Ombo from the south with cruise boats moored in front.
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	Cosmogonic Myths and Theoretical Science: The Temple of Haroeris and Sobek at Kom Ombo, Egypt - Medical Arts in Ancient ...
		The temple is located on the east bank at a bend in the river Nile about 20 miles (50 km) north of Aswan.
		The temple at Kom Ombo is unusual because it is a double temple.
		She is a stellar divinity who measures time and space and it is Sheshat who assists in the lay-out of the axis for new temples by reckoning from the position of the stars.
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	Kom Ombo
		Kom Ombo used to be an important caravan town - it was here that the 40 days caravans from Sudan or Nubia met the caravans carrying gold from the mines in the eastern desert.
		The temple of Kom Ombo is unique in one respect: it is dedicated to two gods, and the entire temple holds two perfectly symmetrical sections.
		Connections between Kom Ombo and Edfu are less frequent, but unless you try to travel late in the afternoon or evening, there should be no danger of long waits.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/kom_ombo.htm (348 words)

	Great Buildings Online - Master Buildings List 990905
		Fourth Temple of Hera, by Rhoikos of Samos, at Samos, Greece, -575 to -550.
		Temple of Apollo, by Ictinus, at Bassae, Greece, -420 to -410.
		Temple of Kom Ombo, by unknown, at Egypt, -181 to 30.
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		Temple of Karnak - The pylon of Thutmose III
		The Temple of Luxor - The colonnade of Amonhotep III.
		Temple of Ramese III Chapel of the Divine wives of Amun
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	Temple of Kom-Ombo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The west/left side of the temple is devoted to the falcon God Haroeris; "the solar war god" (sometimes known 'Horus the Elder', Harwe or Harer) and his wife Hathor-ta-sent-nefert (meaning good sister) and their son Panebtawy (Lord of the Two Lands).
		As the temple is located near an ancient habitat for Nile crocodiles, this may be the reason why the temple was devoted to Sobek.
		Ptolemy VI Philometor's name appears to be the earliest record in the temple, therefore it is believed that the main part of the temple was probably commissioned by Ptolemy VI Philometor although others (including the Ptolemies and the Romans) have contributed to the construction as well.
	www.a-1hotels.com /eg/history/kom_ombo.htm (1331 words)

	Kom Ombo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This temple, located 40 km north of Aswan, is built on a high dune overlooking the Nile in the town of Kom Ombo.
		The temple is dedicated to the deities Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris (Horus the Elder), the hawk-headed god of the morning sun.
		The Temple of Sobek and Haroeris is in the middle of the picture.
	www.grisel.net /komombo.htm (420 words)

	Temple of Kom-Ombo
		Mainly the temple was dedicated to go Sobik the crocodile god, together with his wife in another form of goddess Hathor.
		The temple is Greco roman structure, it dates back to the year 119 BC, and it was built out of limestone by Ptolemy VI who started the construction.
		Note that: The entrance ticket for the temple is 10 LE and there are no camera changes for taking pictures there, the best time to visit the temple is at night or early in the morning.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /komombo.htm (563 words)

	Kom Ombo, Egypt - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kom Ombo is the ancient site of Ombos, which is from the ancient Egyptian word ‘nubt’, or ‘City of Gold’.
		On the eastern side of the temple, the crocodile god Sobek (Seth), is honored with his wife who is here named as Hathor and their son Khonsu.
		In the forecourt to the right of the temple entrance is a small chapel of Hathor where one can see the stored remains of mummified crocodiles and their clay coffins.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /egypt_kom_ombo.htm (415 words)

	Kom Ombo Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The temple at Kom Ombo is about 30 miles (48 km) north of Aswan and was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BC-AD 395).
		The name Kom Ombo (the ancient Greek settlement of Ombos) comes from the Ancient Egyptian word nubt which means City Of Gold.
		The temple of Kom Ombo is located upon a hilllock at the ancient site of Ombos which has been occupied from prehistoric times.
	www.delange.org /Kom_Ombo/KO.htm (224 words)

	Kom Ombo Temple in Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kom Ombo Temple dates from 181 BC (Ptolemaic and Roman periods) and is unusual in that it is dedicated to two gods, the hawk god Horus and the crocodile god Sobek.
		The temple has two of everything, to accommodate the two gods.
		Kom Ombo is located on the Nile River north of Aswan.
	www.genegillminiatures.com /egypt.html (87 words)

	Historical places of Egypt
		Some have been found in Horemheb’s Pylons II and IX at the Amun temple at Karnak, as foundation blocks beneath the hypostyle hall of the Amun temple, and in Ramesses II’s pylon and outbuildings in the Luxor temple.
		The relief decorations of the two temples called "Exalted are the monuments of the Sun-disc," and "Sturdy are the movements of the Sundisk," both structures also as-yet undiscovered, show domestic apartments, rewarding of officers, and other scenes from domestic life.
		Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island) in the wake of the High Dam.
	www.summittoursegypt.com /historicalinfo2.htm (1393 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Temple Elements Part III: On the Path to the Sanctuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first area of the inner temple where the general public was never allowed, it was usually transverse to the courtyard, being broader than it was deep, and filled with sometimes over one hundred massive columns.
		It is an element of the fully evolved temple, though we may recognize an archaic form of this hall in the fore temple of the Old Kingdom mortuary complexes.
		In the 19th Dynasty, a characteristic of the hypostyle hall was the central nave, which acted as the processional way, bordered by papyriform open columns, while the aisles have shorter columns usually of the bud, or closed papyriform type.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/templehalls.htm (1461 words)

	Egypt - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Egypt
		Kom Ombo is one of the important Mesolithic sites to have been studied in detail.
		Ramses II had the temples at Abu Simbel built in her honour.
		Hieroglyphics were a form of writing, and were also used for decorative purposes, inscribed on stone monuments such as temples or tombs.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Egypt (7147 words)

	Egypt: A Photographic Tour
		The temple is fronted by four enthroned colossi of Ramses II.
		Luxor Temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu.
		The Ramesseum was the Mortuary Temple of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC).
	www.nickwinter.com /journeys/africa/egypt.htm (989 words)

	Kom Ombo Temple, The Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The temple dedicated to Sobek and Horus at Kom Ombo is the first stop made by cruise ships and feluccas on their journey downriver along the Nile from Aswan to Luxor.
		The pillars within the forecourt of Kom Ombo Temple are remarkably well preserved, and a lot of the colouration on the hieroglyphics have survived to the present day.
		One of the most famous reliefs within Kom Ombo Temple can be found to the north, beyond the double sanctuary, and depicts what are variously described as "surgeon's tools" or "instruments used in the mummification process".
	www.mykreeve.net /egypt/the_nile/kom_ombo (376 words)

	Egypt Temples
		It was the mortuary temple and the cult of the dead king that funded the entire pyramid complex of the early kings, for example.
		While the god may certainly have been worshiped in these temples, it was also his symbolic home, if not considered his physical residence, and the functions of the temple were as much to serve his or her symbolic physical needs as they were for the god's worship.
		Between the outer temple and the inner section there was usually a transverse corridor, and in the center of the long, west wall a doorway lead to the inner sanctuary of which the front section consists of a chapel with five niches for statues.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/temples.htm (1980 words)

	Egypt: Temple of Kom Ombo
		An imaginary line divides the temple longitudinally into two parts, each with its entrance, hypostyle halls, chapels, etc. The right part of the temple was consecrated to Sobek, the left to Haroeris, whose winged disk that protects from all evils is depicted over all the entrance portals.
		This temple, too, was the work of the Ptolemies who built it on the site of a much older and smaller sanctuary of which little remains.
		It is situated to the right of the temple and was built by Domitian in honor of Hathor whom the Greek identified with Aphrodite.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/komombo.htm (853 words)

	The Temple of Kom Ombo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This temple is unusual as it consists of two adjacent temples, each dedicated to a different god.
		The temple, built by the Ptolemys, is in a fairly good state of preservation, with an unusually large amount of the original colour still visible on the stonework.
		The temple of Kom Ombo was built quite late in Ancient Egyptian history.
	www.akhet.co.uk /komombo.htm (191 words)

	Egypt: Temple of Kom-Ombo, Aswan, Egypt
		The Temple known as Kom Ombo is actually two temples consisting of a Temple to Sobek and a Temple of Haroeris.
		In the southwest corner of the pronaos is the one column that does not echo the duality of the temples.
		In the anti chamber, there are scenes depicting the goddess Seshat launching the building of the temple, followed by a scene of the completed temple with the king throwing natron in a purification ceremony.
	www.touregypt.net /kom-ombo.htm (544 words)

	Temple of Kom Ombo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One side of the temple is dedicated to the crocodile god (Click link for more info and facts about Sobek) Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world.
		Much of the temple has been destroyed by the (The world's longest river (4180 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization) Nile, earthquakes, and later builders who used the stones for other projects.
		Some of the reliefs inside were defaced by (Click link for more info and facts about Copts) Copts who once used the temple as a church.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/temple_of_kom_ombo.htm (160 words)

	Famous and historical places of Egypt
		The approach path to the temple is between two Roman fountains that end at the massive entry gate.The enclosure walls are mud-brick and date to the Roman era.
		Aswan, the Temple, dating to the Ptolemies, is built on a high dune overlooking the Nile.
		On either side of the entrance to the temple are a deified statue of Nefertari with statues of Ramesses II on either side of her.
	www.summittoursegypt.com /historicalinfo2b.htm (1913 words)

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		The layout of both of these temples was similar in design to the temple of Hathor, at Dendara.
		Located in the town of Kom-Ombo, on the east Nile, the Temple is built on a high dune overlooking the river.
		The temple itself has scant remains, largely due to the changing nature and shape of the Nile (over the last 5,000 years) and by builders from a later period who took the stones to use in new buildings.
	www.exn.ca /egypt/KOMOMBO.cfm (232 words)

	Kom Ombo Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The temple at Kom Ombo is about 48 km north of Aswan and was built during the Greco-Roman period (332 BC AD 395).
		The temple is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god.
		Captive crocodiles were kept within the temple and many mummified crocodiles have been found in cemeteries, some of which can be seen in the temple sanctuary today.
	www.aldokkan.com /geography/kom_ombo.htm (221 words)

	The Temple of Edfu on the border of the Nile in Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Temple of Edfu on the border of the Nile in Egypt
		It was built on top of a temple built for Thutmosis III by the famous architect Imhotep, who later became a god himself because of his great works.
		One of the main points of interest of the Temple of Edfu is its very intact shrine, and the offer block in front, still located in the sanctuary.
	www.infohome.dk /egypt/edfu.html.en (207 words)

	Kom Ombo and Edfu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kom Ombo is a New Kingdom temple honoring Sobek, the crocodile-headed god, is of interest because some of the ceilings and reliefs still have good color.
		Other than Abu Simbel, it was the first full-size temple we'd seen and we were very impressed.
		To get there we took a mini-bus from Kom Ombo, and had to stop at security check points, which showed again the beauty of the irrigated lands along the edge of the Nile.
	www.briegull.com /egypt/edfu.htm (158 words)

	CULTUREFOCUS: Ancient Egypt. Pictures of Egyptian pyramids and temples.
		The temples were built on the east bank of the Nile to honor the great god Amun.
		The temple at Kom Ombo was dedicated to the crocodile-headed god Sobek and the falcon-headed god Haroeris - a form of Horus.
		On the wall of Kom Ombo Temple, goddesses present a Ptolemaic king with the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt which he wears together to symbolize a united country.
	www.culturefocus.com /egypt.htm (1039 words)

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