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Pictures in this gallery are of Kom Ombo Temple located by The River Nile North Of Aswan
Kom Ombo Wall Reliefs EG052487JHP Kom Ombo Ptolemaic Temple Offering Wine Flowers Egyptian Forecourt Wall Detail on the River Nile just north of Aswan and a regular visit on all Nile Cruises, was principally built by Ptolemy V of Silsilah sandstone. Dedicated to two Gods – Sobek, the crocodile and Horus, the falcon and although it has been damaged over the years, mainly through slipping into the River Nile and some structural damage owing to earthquakes, there are still some wonderful colourful reliefs of the most detailed and delicate style. Keywords: Egypt, East Bank, River Nile, Kom Ombo, Temple, forecourt, wall, hieroglyphs, offering, wine, flowers, double crown, pschent, plumes, solar, disc, bas reliefs, coloured, colored, colours, colors, Silsilah, sandstone, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy, Isis, Hathor, carvings, detailed, delicate, beautiful, fine
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Kom Ombo Wall Reliefs EG052487JHP
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Kom Ombo Ptolemaic Temple Offering Wine Flowers Egyptian Forecourt Wall

Detail on the River Nile just north of Aswan and a regular visit on all Nile Cruises, was principally built by Ptolemy V of Silsilah sandstone. Dedicated to two Gods – Sobek, the crocodile and Horus, the falcon and although it has been damaged over the years, mainly through slipping into the River Nile and some structural damage owing to earthquakes, there are still some wonderful colourful reliefs of the most detailed and delicate style.
Keywords: Egypt, East Bank, River Nile, Kom Ombo, Temple, forecourt, wall, hieroglyphs, offering, wine, flowers, double crown, pschent, plumes, solar, disc, bas reliefs, coloured, colored, colours, colors, Silsilah, sandstone, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy, Isis, Hathor, carvings, detailed, delicate, beautiful, fine