Kom Ombo - Temple and Crocodiles With Viking River Cruises
A visit to Kom Ombo to see the temple and crocodiles. The temple is a short walk from where the ship docks in Kom Ombo. This temple is actually two temples in one: Half in honor of the crocodile-headed god, Sobek and half to the raven-headed god, Horus, and it has one of the oldest known pylons from the Ptolemy Empire. There is also a small temple to Hathor on the temple grounds. The temple has incredibly intact deep relief and raised relief carvings. There is a detailed Egyptian calendar at perfect viewing height inside. The temple was owned by physicians, and there are carvings that show many of the medical instruments of the time. There is a heavy representation of Roman carvings showing the aggressiveness of the Roman empire. After the temple tour, we visited the crocodile museum next door to see mummified crocodiles and bronze sculptures of crocodiles that would probably have been offerings to Sobek. :20 walk to the temple and hints for handling the hustlers 2:07 entering the temple complex 2:58 small temple to Hathor 4:20 Egyptian calendar explained 5:15 The god, Horus and the god Sobek 5:36 Carvings of Egyptian medical instruments 5:40 Roman Aggressiveness shown in temple carvings 6:35 To the Crocodile museum