Medinet Madi - Temple of Sobek

The Temple of Sobek lies in a large hollow in the hills on the edge of the desert, approached from the plain by a paved processional way flanked by lions and sphinxes. The core of the whole complex is the little Temple of Amenemhet III (12th Dynasty), which is of interest as one of the few surviving examples of Middle Kingdom religious architecture. It consists of a pronaos with two papyrus columns and the sanctuary, which has three niches, high up on the wall, for statues of the deities worshipped here. The walls are entirely covered with hieroglyphs and reliefs, unfortunately much damaged but sufficiently preserved to show their high technical and artistic quality. A small Temple of Anubis was built on the rear of the main temple in