We Three Pillars... -- Kom Ombo
Here are mammisi, doing whatever it
is mammisi do. I think they fall down a lot.
Amongst the other great things this temple
has are:
* A Nile-o-meter. Off on one side is a giant,
walled pit. The water level of the nile could be read by looking
down the pit, and that's what they'd use to figure out the levies
from farmers for the year. Every so often a crocodile would get
trapped down there, so...
* Mummified Crocodiles: ... since this was
a temple to Sobek, who had the head of a crocodile, they'd mummify
the things. Off in a little chamber, they have three mummified
crocodiles for you to marvel at. All of them have had their bandages
removed; their skin looks like charcoal.
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