Temple of Kom Ombo

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ancient Egyptian temple double temple

The Temple of Kom Ombo is a unique double temple in southern Egypt dedicated to the gods Sobek and Horus, notable for its symmetrical design and well-preserved reliefs along the Nile.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Temple of Kom Ombo canonical	5
Kom Ombo Temple	2

Statements (114)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ double temple ⓘ
architecturalFeature	double sanctuary ⓘ symmetrical design ⓘ twin entrances ⓘ
associatedDeity	Hathor ⓘ Khonsu ⓘ Panebtawy ⓘ Tasenetnofret ⓘ
builtUnder	Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ surface form: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Ptolemy XII Auletes ⓘ surface form: Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos
conservation	drainage project to reduce groundwater ⓘ stabilization of foundations ⓘ
constructionEnd	1st century BCE ⓘ
constructionPeriod	Ptolemaic period ⓘ
constructionStart	2nd century BCE ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
damage	earthquakes ⓘ erosion by Nile floods ⓘ stone quarrying in later periods ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Haroeris ⓘ Horus of Kubban ⓘ surface form: Horus the Elder Sobek ⓘ
excavatedBy	French archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStart	late 19th century ⓘ
function	cult center of Horus the Elder ⓘ cult center of Sobek ⓘ place of healing rituals ⓘ place of pilgrimage ⓘ religious center ⓘ
hasPart	Greek inscriptions ⓘ Roman-era chapel ⓘ altar bases ⓘ ambulatory ⓘ astronomical ceiling reliefs ⓘ birth house ⓘ calendar reliefs ⓘ columned halls ⓘ composite capitals ⓘ cornice with winged sun disk ⓘ crocodile mummy room ⓘ crocodile museum nearby ⓘ crypts ⓘ demotic inscriptions ⓘ forecourt ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ hypostyle hall ⓘ inner enclosure wall ⓘ inner hypostyle hall ⓘ lotus-bundle columns ⓘ mammisi ⓘ nilometer ⓘ offering halls ⓘ outer enclosure wall ⓘ outer hypostyle hall ⓘ papyrus-bundle columns ⓘ processional way ⓘ pylon gateway ⓘ quay on the Nile ⓘ relief-decorated walls ⓘ reliefs of Nile gods ⓘ reliefs of Roman emperors ⓘ reliefs of coronation scenes ⓘ reliefs of deities ⓘ reliefs of fertility scenes ⓘ reliefs of medical instruments ⓘ reliefs of pharaohs making offerings ⓘ reliefs of processions ⓘ reliefs of purification scenes ⓘ reliefs of surgical tools ⓘ sacred well ⓘ sanctuary chapels ⓘ sanctuary of Sobek ⓘ surface form: sanctuary of Horus the Elder sanctuary of Sobek ⓘ statue bases ⓘ storerooms ⓘ
hasReliefDepicting	Nile level measurements ⓘ Roman emperors in pharaonic style ⓘ astronomical figures ⓘ birthing scenes ⓘ offering tables ⓘ pharaoh offering to Horus the Elder ⓘ pharaoh offering to Sobek ⓘ processions of priests ⓘ surgical instruments ⓘ
heritageStatus	major archaeological site ⓘ
laterAdditionsBy	Augustus ⓘ Domitian ⓘ Hadrian ⓘ Roman emperors ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Trajan ⓘ
locatedIn	Kom Ombo ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedOn	east bank of the Nile ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
nearbyCity	Aswan ⓘ Edfu ⓘ
notableFor	Nile-side setting ⓘ Ptolemaic and Roman reliefs ⓘ crocodile mummies ⓘ double dedication to Sobek and Horus ⓘ reliefs of medical instruments ⓘ symmetrical layout ⓘ well-preserved reliefs ⓘ
period	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
primaryDeity	Horus ⓘ surface form: Horus the Elder Sobek ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
tourism	popular tourist attraction ⓘ stop on Nile cruise itineraries ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aswan Governorate → containsArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

Birth House (Mammisi) → associatedWithTemple → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo → locatedNear → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kom Ombo Temple

Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo → adjacentTo → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

Kom Ombo → hasNotableSite → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

Kom Ombo → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

Gebel el-Silsila → stoneSuppliedTo → Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kom Ombo Temple