The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty. There are two courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms for the two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world with Hathor and Khonsu. The northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Horus the Elder with Tasenetnofret (the Good Sister, a special form of Hathor) and Panebtawy (Lord of the Two Lands). Everything is perfectly symmetrical along the main axis. The temple was started by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC) and added to by other Ptolemys. Much of the temple has been destroyed by the Nile, earthquakes, and later builders who used its stones for other projects. Some of the reliefs inside were defaced by Copts who once used the temple as a church.
>These are scenes of everyday Egyptian life along the Nile River.
Is the largest temple dedicated to Horus and Hathor of Dendera and is the second largest temple in Egypt after Karnak. The Temple of Edfu is nearly intact and is a very good example of an ancient Egyptian temple. The Temple of Edfu's archaeological significance and high state of preservation has made it a center for tourism in Egypt.
The temple of Edfu fell into disuse as a religious monument following Theodosius I's edict banning non-Christian worship within the Roman Empire in 391 CE. Many of the temple's carved reliefs were razed by followers of the Christian faith which came to dominate Egypt. The blackened ceiling of the hypostyle hall is believed to be the result of arson intended to destroy religious imagery that was now considered pagan.
The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BCE. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Greco-Roman period in ancient Egypt. There are "important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth."
In ancient times Esna was known as Latopolis. Named in honor of abundant nile perch (Lates niloticus.) The Temple at Esna was dedicated to the triad Khnum (God of the Nile), Neith (Goddess of War) and Hak their offspring. The temple is built of red sandstone. The portico consists of six rows of four columns each with lotus-leaf capitals. According to inscriptions carved on the walls of the Temple of Esna, those who entered this temple were expected to fastidiously cut their fingernails and toenails, remove body hair, wash their hands with natron (a natural salt), "be dressed in linen (forbidden from wearing wool), and not to have had sexual intercourse for several days."
With the great expansion of commercial cotton and sugarcane cultivation, river banks were raised and strengthened to protect summer crops from flood water. Two dams span the Nile River at Esna to control flooding and provide navigation along the Nile River.
> Egypt Scenes along the Nile - Cruise from Esna to Luxor.
Founded in 1400 BCE in the ancient city of Thebes [today Luxor] the temple was dedicated to the deities of Amun, Mut and Chons. The earliest parts of the temple are the chapels behind the first pylon. They were built by Hatshepsut, and appropriated by Tuthmosis III. The main part of the temple - the colonnade and the sun court were built by Amenhotep III and later by Rameses II, who built the entrance pylon, and the two obelisks (one of which was taken to France, and is now at the centre of the Place de la Concorde) To the rear of the temple are chapels built by Tuthmosis III, and Alexander.