The temple of Kom Ombo is a fusion of two temples set side by side. One part is dedicated to the falcon god of Horus the Elder while the other part is consecrated to the crocodile god Sobek.
The last ancient Egyptian temple of this trip is the Temple of Isis, Philae. The temple was originally built on the island Philae, an island in the first cataract of the Nile. It remained submerged in the water most of the time after the building of the Aswan Old Dam in 1898. The construction of the Aswan High Dam threatened to increase the rate of erosion of temple's foundation and it was relocated to the island Agilika which is on higher ground.
The temple is dedicated to the God of Isis, bride of Osiris. Legend has it that Isis, with the force of her love, had recomposed the scattered limbs of Osiris and resuscitated him.
The Trajan's Kiosk in the temple. Its columns are particularly beautiful
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