This temple on the town of Kom Ombo at the southern Egypt was built by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC) and added by other Ptolemys. It was used to worship two sets of gods, the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Horus.
The town of Kom Ombo is near Aswan on Nile River. However, we didn't think about visiting the temple there until we left Aswan and went to Luxor, from where we took a train (around three hours) to Kom Ombo. Because of its location, Egypt's uprising and the hot weather in summer, we were two of only five visitors hanging around to view the courts, halls, pillars and reliefs of this temple.
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