Kom Ombo - Temple of Suchos and Haroeris

The great Temple of Suchos and Haroeris was built to a unified plan, which in effect accommodated two temples in a single building, and embellished with reliefs by Philometor, Euergetes II and Neos Dionysos; the reliefs in the court and on the outer walls were added by various Roman Emperors, in particular Tiberius. The general plan is similar to that of other Ptolemaic temples (Dendera, Edfu, Philae); but since it was dedicated to two principal deities, each with his own rites and festivals, it was divided by an imaginary line along its longitudinal axis into two halves, each of which had its own gateways and doors and its own chapel. The right hand (south) half belongs to Sobek (Suchos), the left hand half to Haroeris.