Johnson, Kom Ombo

Kom Ombo

 

The notes from L. Sgt. Johnson’s lecture read:

Thirty five miles from Assuaan in a northerly direction we come to the temple of Kom Ombo… which is beautifully situated on the east bank of the river Nile…On the south side the temple is continually menaced by the water which had already swallowed a large portion of the terrace and one side of the entrance pylon before it was held in check by the construction of a stone embankment in 1893….

 

 

 

The temple had been cleared and reconstructed by De Morgan in 1893.

 

The notes from L. Sgt. Johnson’s lecture read

 

 

Under Ptolemy 4th Philometer, the erection of the great dual temple which we now see was commenced. The east half being dedicated to Sobek and his trinity and the west half to Horus trinity…

 

 

 

Kom Ombo as it is today. Copyright Brigitte Goede.