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Edfu and Kom Ombo temples visit

General information

Destination
Luxor, Egypt

Program details

The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple built during the ‎Ptolemaic dynasty in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo. Some additions to it ‎were later made ‎during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, ‎halls, sanctuaries and ‎rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple ‎was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility and creator of ‎the world with Hathor and Khonsu. Meanwhile, the northern part ‎of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris.


The Temple of Edfu is an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the ‎Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis ‎Magna, after the chief god Horus-Apollo. It is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple, ‎dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BCE. The inscriptions on its walls provide important ‎information on language, myth and religion during the Greco-Roman period in ‎ancient Egypt.‎


In particular, the Temple's inscribed building texts "provide details [both] of its ‎construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation ‎of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation There are also important scenes and inscriptions of the ‎Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth.‎



Meeting/pick-up point: Pick up at the hotel.

Duration: Nine hours.

Start/opening time: At 6am.