Ombo

A temple was built to the deity on the island of Kom Ombo between Aswan and Luxor, where mothers of children eaten by crocodiles felt privileged to have provided something for Sobek's delectation.

Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011

It seemed Sobek was indeed looking kindly upon us, and so, in 1983, for our ten-year anniversary, I organized a trip to visit Kom Ombo, the Sobek temple, to pay proper tribute.

Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011

It seemed Sobek was indeed looking kindly upon us, and so, in 1983, for our ten-year anniversary, I organized a trip to visit Kom Ombo, the Sobek temple, to pay proper tribute.

Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011

A temple was built to the deity on the island of Kom Ombo between Aswan and Luxor, where mothers of children eaten by crocodiles felt privileged to have provided something for Sobek's delectation.

Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011

Officials at Ombo hospital said at least one person was killed and 12 others suffered gunshot wounds in fighting that broke out at the beginning of last week between soldiers and demonstrators.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

Fishing at Ombo [u] bori, Iémon sees them float by.

The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

Tûm, of Heliopolis, with a serpent, a lion, or possibly later the bull Mnevis; Ptah of Memphis, with the Bull Apis; Sovek, in the Fayûm and at Ombos (Kôm Ombo), with a crocodile; Anubis of Assiût, with a jackal; Thoth of Hermopolis, with an ibis or a baboon; Amon of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Towards morning, the noisy night having worn itself away, we all fall asleep – only to be roused again by Talmany's voice at seven, proclaiming aloud that the Bagstones and Fostât are once more close upon our heels; that Silsilis and Kom Ombo are passed and left behind; that we have already put forty-six miles between ourselves and Edfû; and that the good wind is still blowing.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891

The steersman and five of the sailors were from Thebes; four belonged to a place near Philæ; one came from a village opposite Kom Ombo; one from Cairo, and two were Nubians from Assuân.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891

Tell Basta (Bubastis); Kóm Ombo (Ombos); etc.etc. Tell and Kóm are synonymous terms.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891