Aswan is a
beautiful city in the south of Egypt,
with many shopping streets and stunning views of the Nile.
Kom Ombo
Temple
The Kom Ombo
Temple consists of actually two
temples: Temple to Sobek and a Temple
of Haroeris. In ancient times,
sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the river bank near here. There are two
entrances, two courts, two colonnades, two hypostyle halls and two sanctuaries.
The left, or northern side is dedicated to Horus who was the falcon headed sky
god and the right to Sobek (the crocodile headed god). Inside Kom Ombo there's
a famous baby crocodile mummy, dedicated to Sobek.
Philae Island
Temple
This temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis and contains
numerous hieroglyphs dedicated to her. It's various shrines and sanctuaries,
which include the Vestibule of
Nectanebos I which is used as the entrance to the island, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian,
a Temple of Hathor, Trajan's Kiosk (Pharaohs Bed),
a birth house and two pylons
celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and Osiris myth. The temple is
actually on Agilika Island
about 550 meters from its original home on Philae
Island) where it was disassembled
and moved in the wake of the High Dam..
Abu Simbal
The original temple
of Abu Simbal was carved out at the
west bank of the Nile in the 13th century BC by Pharaoh
Ramses II. It was moved higher to its current location south of Aswan
to avoid the waters of Lake Nasser,
created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The temple is dedicated to
Ra, Amun, Ptah and to Ramses II himself. There four huge statues of 20M in
height of the three gods and the pharaoh himself. Inside the sanctuary are
numerous hieroglyphs depicting the life of the Pharaoh and his relationship to
the Egyptian gods.