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Kom Ombo along the Nile Temple a top a Bluff Honors the crocodile and falcon gods

 

50 km from Aswan Kom Ombo is on a bend on the east bank of the river Nile
A temple built with in a temple during the Ptolemaic and the Roman periods
Dedicated to both the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Horus the Elder and so called the double temple
The cruise boats dock and we walk up to explore
Of special interest are mummified crocodiles form the nearby animal necropolis