Egypt


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Temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE).                   
An outer mudbrick wall surrounds                       
the temple precinct, Kom Ombo, Egypt.
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Temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE). An outer mudbrick wall s...

Entrance way and colonnade of the Sobek and Horus      
Temple (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Entrance way and colonnade of the Sobek and Horus Temple (2nd BCE), Ptolem...

Falcon god Horus and Anubis, the jackal-headed god     
of the dead. Reliefs on the walls of the temple of     
Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Falcon god Horus and Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead. Reliefs on...

The falcon-headed god Horus or Haroeris writing        
and wearing the sun disk on his head. Relief from      
the Temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic     
Period, Egypt.
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The falcon-headed god Horus or Haroeris writing and wearing the sun disk...

Crocodile-god Sobek on a throne                        
wearing the crown of god Amun.                         
Relief from the temple of Sobek and Horus              
(2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Crocodile-god Sobek on a throne wearing the crown of god...

Crocodile-god Sobek wearing the crown of Amun.         
Relief from the temple of Sobek and Horus              
(2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Crocodile-god Sobek wearing the crown of Amun. Relief from the temple o...

The goddess Isis with an Ankh,symbol of life, in her   
hand.Relief from the Isis Temple,Ptolmaic Period.      
Philae was flooded behid the old Aswan Dam in 1896.    
When it reemerged after the completion of the New High-
Dam, the temples were removed to a near-by island.
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The goddess Isis with an Ankh,symbol of life, in her hand.Relief from the Isi...

A woman giving birth on a low stool,                   
a washbasin, and surgical instruments.                 
Reliefs on the wall of the outer corridor,             
Temple of Sobek and Horus (3rd BCE),                   
Ptolemaic Period, Kom Ombo, Egypt.
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A woman giving birth on a low stool, a washbasin, and surgica...

Women giving birth on low stools.                      
Relief from the outer corridor                         
of the Temple of Sobek and Horus                       
(3rd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Women giving birth on low stools. Relief from the outer co...

Detail of a pleated kilt.                              
Relief from the outer corridor                         
of the Temple of Sobek and Horus                       
(2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Detail of a pleated kilt. Relief from the outer co...

Lotus and papyrus capitals on the columns              
of the Hypostyle Hall,                                 
Temple of Khnum (3rd BCE),                             
Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Lotus and papyrus capitals on the columns of the Hypostyle Hall,...

Huge Horus-falcon flanking the door                    
to the Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Horus                 
(3rd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Edfu.
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Huge Horus-falcon flanking the door to the Hypostyle Hall, T...