March 6th Edfu/ Kim Ombo/ Aswan

 March 6th Edfu/ Kim Ombo/ Aswan

We begin our day with a breather. We can sleep and eat a little later today before we are off to our visit to Kim Ombo Temple and Crocodile museum.  There are not crocodiles in the Nile any more.

Kim Ombo is one of the Aswan providences, famous for its sugar factory. Most are Nubians. Population 75,000. It is also famous for the Double Temple. It is divided into two halves. One half is dedicated to the god Sobek the crocodile god and the second half is dedicated to his half brother god Hours the falcon headed god 

 The crocodile museum features mummified crocodiles and ancient carvings.

Most of our day has been traveling down the Nile.

The reliefs here have military markings on the outside and offerings to the Gods on the inside. They have carvings showing medical instruments and even chairs that show holes in them for mothers to birth their children. 

We talked about the calendar - 3 phases flood, plantings, and harvest. Each category has 3months and 10 days.  Which adds up to 360 days.  The other 5 days are assigned to kings.

The evil eye came from the Egyptians.  It was called the eye of envy and when a person looks into the eye it reflects back at the person giving them the “evil eye”.

This area is known for its gold. They are also working on natural gas production but is really known for it solar production. It is the 4th largest park in Eygpt soon to be one of the world’s biggest.