Ceiling, Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt
Painted ceiling, with starry sky and flying vultures, symbol of Upper Egypt, at the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, at Kom Ombo, Aswan Governate, Egypt. Kom Ombo is a double temple to both Sobek, crocodile god of fertility, and Haroeris, Horus the Elder, built 180-47 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty, and altered in Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14073435
Media ID
45732466
Size
8268px x 5632px
(18.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
