Temple of Kom Ombo
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. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Egypt
- Also known as: “Kom Ombo”, “Ma‘bad Kawm Umbū”, “Ma`bad Kawm Umbu”, and “Temple of Ombos”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kom Ombo and Daraw.
Kom Ombo
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kom Ombo is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo. It was originally an Egyptian city called Nubt, meaning City of Gold. Nubt is also known as Nubet or Nubyt.
Daraw
Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daraw is a city in the Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Daraw is situated 5 km south of Temple of Kom Ombo.
Temple of Kom Ombo
- Categories: Egyptian temple, archaeological site, temple, ruins, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.45214° or 24° 27′ 8″ northLongitude
32.92847° or 32° 55′ 43″ eastElevation
95 metres (312 feet)Open location code
7GPJFW2H+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 90446374OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
353248Wikidata ID
Q1243401
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Temple of Kom Ombo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معبد كوم أمبو”
- Arabic: “معبد كوم امبو”
- Arabic: “معبدكوم أمبو”
- Catalan: “temple de Kom Ombo”
- Catalan: “Temple de Kom Ombo”
- Chinese: “康翁波神庙”
- Chinese: “康翁波神廟”
- Chinese: “考姆翁布神殿”
- Czech: “Chrám Kom Ombo”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Kom Ombo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كوم أمبو”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كوم امبو”
- Esperanto: “Templo de Kom Ombo”
- French: “Temple d’Haroeris et Sobek”
- French: “Temple d’Haroëris et Sobek”
- French: “Temple de Kom Ombo”
- French: “Temple de kôm ombo”
- French: “Temple de Kôm Ombo”
- French: “Temple de Kom-Ombo”
- French: “Temple de Kôm-Ombo”
- French: “Temple de Sobek et Haroeris”
- French: “temple de Sobek et Haroëris”
- French: “Temple de Sobek et Haroëris”
- German: “Doppeltempel von Kom Ombo”
- Hebrew: “מקדש כום אומבו”
- Igbo: “Ụlọ nsọ nke Kom Ombo”
- Italian: “Tempio di Kom Ombo”
- Japanese: “コム・オンボ神殿”
- Korean: “콤 옴보 신전”
- Malay: “Kuil Kom Ombo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kom Ombo templet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kom Ombo-templet”
- Norwegian: “Kom Ombo-templet”
- Persian: “معبد کوم امبو”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Com Ombo”
- Portuguese: “Templo de kom ombo”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Kom Ombo”
- Russian: “Храм в Ком-Омбо”
- Serbian: “Храм у Ком Омбу”
- Slovenian: “Tempelj v Kom Ombu”
- Spanish: “Templo de kom ombo”
- Spanish: “Templo de Kom Ombo”
- Spanish: “Templo de Kôm Ombo”
- Swedish: “Kom Ombo Templet”
- Swedish: “Kom Ombo-templet”
- Swedish: “Templet i Kom Ombo”
- Turkish: “Kom ombo tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Kom Ombo Tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Ком-Омбо”
- Urdu: “معبد کوم امبو”
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