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Double Entrance of Kom Ombo Temple Egypt In ancient times, Kom Ombo stood on an important crossroads between the caravan route from Nubia and trails from the gold mines in the eastern desert. During the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor BC , it became a training depot for African war elephants, which were used to fight the fierce pachyderms of the Seleucid empire. Since this bend in the Nile was a favored spot for crocodiles to bask in the sun and threaten locals, it is natural that the temple would be dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god.
But it is unusual in having a double dedication: it also honors Haroeris, a form of the falcon-headed god Horus. In the s, Edmun Vignard identified and excavated prehistoric sites having a stone working industry he named Sebilian. Vignard's work has been revised by that of P. Smith and Fekri Hassan, who have also identified two other industries in the region, Silsillian and Sebekian, which appear to have coexisted with the Sebilian.
All the temples buildings in the southern part of the plateau were cleared of debris and restored by Jacques de Morgan in Kom Ombo Temple Egypt. The Kom Ombo Temple is unusual in that it is a double temple, with one side dedicated to the god Haroesis and the other side to Sobek. The design is almost perfectly symmetrical, with two side-by-side sanctuaries and two parallel passageways leading through the outer parts of the temple. The right side is dedicated to Sobek-Re the crocodile god combined with the sun god Re , along with his wife a form of Hathor and their son Khonsu-Hor.
Sobek is associated with Seth, the enemy of Horus. In the myth of Horus and Osiris, Seth and his followers changed themselves into crocodiles to escape. The ancient Egyptians believed that by honoring the fearsome crocodile as a god, they would be safe from attacks.
Sobek is associated with the Nile crocodile and is either represented in its form or as a human with a crocodile head. Sobek was also associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with protective qualities, invoked particularly for protection against the dangers presented by the Nile river.