Kom Ombo Temple on the Nile River, Egypt
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>> Kom Ombo Temple on the Nile River
Kom Ombo is located on a bend in the river Nile about 50 km north of Aswan. The temple is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Haroeris (Horus the Elder).
A mummified crocodile.
The temple was started by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 B.C) at the beginning of his reign and added to by other Ptolemys, most notably Ptolemy XIII (47-44 B.C.), who built the inner and outer hypostyle halls.
Much of the temple has been destroyed by the Nile, earthquakes, and later builders who used the stones for other projects. Some of the reliefs inside were defaced by Copts who once used the temple as a church.
This calendar would have been used to describe when religious events occur.