Temple of Kom Ombo

The double entrance to Kom Ombo Temple
Kom Ombo Temple
The calendar shows the figures for the days of the month (roll over the picture) and the hieroglyphs for the inundation season, Akhet. On the thirtieth of the Season of the Harvest, one can see the hieroglyph for the Season of the Emergence, which indicates the end of the harvest season. The next day is Akhet.

The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC.[1] Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period.

  1. ^ Rosalie David, Discovering Ancient Egyptology, Facts on File, 1993. p. 99