Luxor and Temples of Kom Ombo & Edfu, Egypt

Kom Ombo Temple - Egypt

Avenue of Sphinx - Luxor Temple, Egypt

Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt

Luxor Temple at Night 
- Luxor, Egypt

Luxor Temple - Luxor, Egypt

Nefertiti - Luxor Temple, Egypt

Kom Ombo Temple - Egypt

Kom Ombo Temple - Egypt

Luxor and Temples of Kom Ombo & Edfu, Egypt (5/6/2010) - Luxor Temple was a highlight of our trip up the Nile River.

The city of Luxor is the largest city in Upper Egypt near the site of the ancient city of Thebes, which was the religious and cultural capital of ancient Egypt for centuries. Hence, the large number of significant temples in this area including the Valleys of the Kings & Queens and the astonishing Karnak Temple featured in another blog post. 

Founded in 1400 BC and added to for centuries, even up to Roman times, the Luxor Temple (see photos) is a large ancient Egyptian temple complex located in the heart of the city of Luxor on the Nile River. We had the chance to see Luxor Temple lit up at night - beautiful! An amazing Avenue of Sphinxes (see photo) once extended all the way to Karnak Temple some 2 miles downriver.

Map of Egypt

Erected in the 2^nd century BC, Kom Ombo Temple (see photo) is actually dual temples - we think to get double the contributions. One temple was dedicated to the bad crocodile god Sobek. There exists a secret tunnel that allowed priests to give the ‘voice’ of god to people visiting the temple. Huh – double contributions and being god... the priests at Kom Ombo Temple seemed to have quite a racket going on back then.

The Temple of Horus in Edfu (see photo) was built between 237 BC and 57 BC, into the reign of Cleopatra VII. Of all the temple remains left in Egypt, the Temple of Horus (looks like a falcon bird) at Edfu is the most completely preserved because it was the last large temple constructed and it was located well above the Nile River escaping water damage.

For more about amazing Egypt and the Temples and treasures along the Nile River, please see our 5 other blog posts:

Egypt - Cairo (Capital)

Egypt - Abu Simbel, Aswan High Dam, Temple of Philae 

Egypt - Great Pyramids, Sphinx, Giza

Egypt - Nile River Felucca Boat Trip

Egypt - Valleys of the Kings & Queens, Kamak Temple

and Egypt’s beautiful Red Sea resorts:

Egypt - Dahab Red Sea

Egypt - Sharm el Shiekh Red Sea

 

 

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