Ancient Egypt in Egypt

Kom Ombo: The Double Temple to Sobek and Horus

Kom Ombo is unlike any other temple on the Nile — a perfectly symmetrical double temple, built with two of everything: two entrances, two courts, two hypostyle halls, two sanctuaries, split down a central axis between two gods who, in myth, were rivals. What You’ll See The western half honors Horus the Elder (Haroeris); the […]