October 16, day 8 of our tour of the treasures of Egyptian antiquities. A major part of the day was spent at the Temple of Kom Ombo - an unusual double temple with one side dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and the other to Horus the falcon god. I was particularly impressed here with the smoothness and precision of the carvings, perhaps due as much to the quality of the stone as the skill of the carvers.
It was common for the carvings dedicated to previous pharaohs to be defaced by the new one, but rarely (in the limited sample that we've seen) is the defacing so smooth and limited.
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