Kom Ombo & Edfu, Egypt
July 11th 2008 Tenth & Eleventh Stop: Kom Ombo & Edfu Egypt.
As we made our way up the nile river by boat, we made several stops including one to the ancient city of Kom Ombo. The most notable thing in Kom Ombo is a temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty (300 B.C. to 30 B.C.) while Egypt was under Greek rule. The temple is made to honor both Horus (Falcon headed God of the sky) and Sobek (Crocodile headed
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