EDFU, KOM OMBO

On the road from Luxor to Aswan we were stopped by the police, and obliged to drive
in the police convoy (*) with other tourist buses. We had an own policeman (having a gun)
sitting in our car. The convoy stopped in Edfu, where we visited Temple Horus.
The next stop was Kom Ombo, where we spent one hour in Temple of Sobek and Horus.

     police convoy (*): Since the sorrow event of killing tourists (in Luxor, 1997),
             visitors are specially protected by the police and military forces.
             (We usually drove alone, as we had an Egyptian car.)

On the way from Luxor to Aswan we stopped in Edfu.
Temple of Horus is relatively young (built in 237 BC, by Ptolemy).

Kom Ombo.
Temple of Sobek (crocodile head god) and Horus.

The colums are all colorfully decorated.

These are sacred crocodile mummies, as sacrifice for Sobek.

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