Temple of Kom Ombo

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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.

All labels observed (2)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Euergetes II ⓘ
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy XII Auletes
conservation drainage project to reduce groundwater ⓘ
stabilization of foundations ⓘ
constructionEnd 1st century BCE ⓘ
constructionPeriod Ptolemaic period ⓘ
constructionStart 2nd century BCE ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
damage earthquakes ⓘ
erosion by Nile floods ⓘ
stone quarrying in later periods ⓘ
dedicatedTo Haroeris ⓘ
Horus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Horus of Kubban

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 Horus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: sanctuary of Sobek

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 ⓘ
Roman Egypt ⓘ
primaryDeity Horus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Horus

Sobek ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction ⓘ
stop on Nile cruise itineraries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 → Kom Ombo Temple ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kom Ombo
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 → Kom Ombo Temple ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kom Ombo