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A rare double temple split down the middle for Sobek and Haroeris, glowing gold above the Nile at sunset.

Dozens of mummified crocodiles sacred to Sobek, beautifully displayed beside the temple that worshipped them.

One of Egypt's largest camel markets, where herds driven up from Sudan are traded in a swirl of dust and bargaining.

A lateen-sailed felucca drifts past the temple's columns, the timeless way to arrive at Kom Ombo from the river.

A deep stone well beside the temple once gauged the flood that decided each year's harvest and taxes.

Almost every Luxor–Aswan cruise ties up here at dusk, walking guests straight up the bank into the floodlit temple.

The surrounding plain is a sea of sugarcane; in winter, smoking trains haul the harvest to the old mill in town.