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An experienced guide from Cairo Top Tours will greet you in the hotel lobby in the morning, at the time that has been arranged with your tour operator. They will take you in a contemporary, smoke-free vehicle to explore this important area of Aswan.
Your tour begins with a visit to the Temple of Esna, Hut Khnum, or "House of Khnum," was the ancient Egyptian name for the Temple of Esna. The beutiful Temple of Khnum was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian deity Khnum, who created both men and goddesses. He resurrected the Nile springs annually to cause the Nile to flood during his incarnation as Khnum Hapi. The city goddess Nepto, his wife Minhet, and the goddesses Haka and Nit were also worshipped. The outdoor temple in Esna is located nine meters below street level in an excavated pit.The temple's entrance is reached by stairs. The Ptolemaic and Roman eras are represented in the portions of the temple that are currently visible.
Then we will continue to explore the Temple of Kom Ombo, was built during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor, but its decoration was not completed until Roman times during the reign of Emperor Tiberius. We also see in this temple the same characteristics that we find in other Ptolemaic Egyptian temples in terms of design, architecture, and decoration, but this temple has a special feature that resulted from the local worship at the site, where people worshiped two local gods, Sobek and Horus the falcon-headed. The walls of this temple are decorated with pure Egyptian ornamentation, characterized by the precision and harmony of its workmanship and the beauty of the balance between the characters in the scenes and the hieroglyphic inscriptions that complement them.
At the end of your trip, we will return you back to your hotel in Aswan.