Kom Ombo

Overview

Duration

About 1 Hour and half

Type

Walking

Operates

Depending on the cruise schedule

Included

Excluded

  • Round trip pick up Service from the cruise
  • Transfer by air-conditioned bus
  • Bottled water during your trip
  • Qualified Egyptologist
  • Entrance fee
  • All service charges and taxes
  • Any extras not mentioned in the program
  • Tipping

Itinerary

Our representative will meet you in the reception for your transfer to the Kom Ombo Temple. After the trip finishes you will be transferred back to your hotel

Temples Overview

The temple at Kom Ombo was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BC AD 395). Its stands high on a promontory at a bend in the Nile, where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank. The temple is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, associated with the wicked god Seth, and Horus ( Haroeris) the falcon-headed god. The layout combines two temples in one , two linked hypostyle halls with carvings of the two gods on either side, and twin sanctuaries. The temple is a testament to the importance Ancient Egyptian priests placed in the natural cycles and crocodiles of the Nile.