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Kom Ombo is about 45 Kilometer north of Aswan, even though that in the surroundings places are tombs that belong to the “Old Egyptian Empire” the main construction body of this temple belongs to the Greco – Roman period was built in a high place overlooking the Nile River.
This temple has a dual architectural distribution, actually two equal parallel temples side by side; the right side was dedicated to Sobek their god Crocodile symbol of the depth and darkens and the left side to Heru or Horus the ancient solar god lord of the sky and the heights.
The temple was referred as the "Abode of the Crocodile" and "Stronghold of the Falcon"
In ancient Egypt the crocodile was an animal with ambivalent charisma in some regions people hated the crocodile and killed them when they had an opportunity, for these people it was a symbol of evil.
On the other hand, there were other regions were people protected the crocodile and took it as a divine creature and even worshiped them.
Nevertheless, even so that for some took it as a demon incarnation, because of his ferocity and quick reactions this animal was taken as patron of the Egyptian army.
For the reason that the crocodile lives in the Nile and comes out of the water to the land, they associated him with the periodic Nile inundations carrier of deposits of fertile soil from upstream comes to the downstream banks and that is how the fertility of the land that gave life to the new crops was achieved and renewed every year; for such reason, Sobek was taken as symbol of strength, fertility, rebirth, in a way or other they were also relating Sobek to Osiris the god of Nile and symbol of rebirth, as well to Heru or Horus, god symbol of strength and new life.
>Sobek also was thought to be the creator of the Nile, was represented as a crocodile with the solar disk in the head or a man with the with crocodile head.
Sobek was son of goddess Neith, some times she is represented suckling two crocodiles one representing Osiris and the other Heru
Hathor also has a consecrated chapel at this temple, she was worshiped in Egypt as the counterpart of Heru, nevertheless here she also was worshiped conforming a triad with Sobek and Khonsu as their son.
Sobek also is a god of the elements like god Khnum, representing the four zodiacal forces of the universe, therefore the four main gods: Ra = Fie, Shu = Air, Seb = Earth and Osiris = Water.
Sobek was worshiped from ancient times in special in the Fayun region and many pharaohs had his image in the cartouche but its devotion was very prosperous during the twentieth dynasty but was absorbed by Amon and finally disappearing after the Greco Roman Period.
This temple has a dual architectural distribution, actually two equal parallel temples side by side; the right side was dedicated to Sobek their god Crocodile symbol of the depth and darkens and the left side to Heru or Horus the ancient solar god lord of the sky and the heights.
The temple was referred as the "Abode of the Crocodile" and "Stronghold of the Falcon"
In ancient Egypt the crocodile was an animal with ambivalent charisma in some regions people hated the crocodile and killed them when they had an opportunity, for these people it was a symbol of evil.
On the other hand, there were other regions were people protected the crocodile and took it as a divine creature and even worshiped them.
Nevertheless, even so that for some took it as a demon incarnation, because of his ferocity and quick reactions this animal was taken as patron of the Egyptian army.
For the reason that the crocodile lives in the Nile and comes out of the water to the land, they associated him with the periodic Nile inundations carrier of deposits of fertile soil from upstream comes to the downstream banks and that is how the fertility of the land that gave life to the new crops was achieved and renewed every year; for such reason, Sobek was taken as symbol of strength, fertility, rebirth, in a way or other they were also relating Sobek to Osiris the god of Nile and symbol of rebirth, as well to Heru or Horus, god symbol of strength and new life.
>Sobek also was thought to be the creator of the Nile, was represented as a crocodile with the solar disk in the head or a man with the with crocodile head.
Sobek was son of goddess Neith, some times she is represented suckling two crocodiles one representing Osiris and the other Heru
Hathor also has a consecrated chapel at this temple, she was worshiped in Egypt as the counterpart of Heru, nevertheless here she also was worshiped conforming a triad with Sobek and Khonsu as their son.
Sobek also is a god of the elements like god Khnum, representing the four zodiacal forces of the universe, therefore the four main gods: Ra = Fie, Shu = Air, Seb = Earth and Osiris = Water.
Sobek was worshiped from ancient times in special in the Fayun region and many pharaohs had his image in the cartouche but its devotion was very prosperous during the twentieth dynasty but was absorbed by Amon and finally disappearing after the Greco Roman Period.
