Aswan - Temple of Khnum

Some 50 yards southwest of the Temple of Satet is a granite doorway that originally gave access to a Temple of Khnum built by Nectanebo II over an earlier temple. During the Roman period large terraces were built on the river side of both temples. The reliefs show Alexander II, son of Alexander the Great, offering sacrifices to various gods, in particular the ram headed Khnum. On a section of wall which is still standing the Emperor, followed by Nile gods, is shown sacrificing to Khnum; the faces of both the Emperor and the god have been deliberately defaced. Close to the Temple of Khnum is the cemetery of the sacred rams, with sarcophagi still in situ (mummies in the Aswan Museum and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo).