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🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Kom Ombo Double Temple North Sanctuary Sobek in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Kingd…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Ptolemaic to Roman (2nd c BCE–1st c CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Roman
Symmetrical double temple on Nile bluff dedicated jointly to Haroeris (falcon) and Sobek (crocodile) with duplicate courts and surgical relief.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)
Desert quarry supplying Kom Ombo's double temple with stuck naos.
