Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt
Main court with 16 columns decorated with bas-reliefs, and a central granite altar, with pronaos or screen wall behind, with 5 lotus columns, at the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, at Kom Ombo, Aswan Governate, Egypt. Behind is the first hypostyle hall, with 10 lotus columns. 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
14073439
Media ID
45703005
Size
8268px x 5368px
(14.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
