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ASSOUAN.
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to become the prey of the Nile, however care-
fully it may he protected. The work of Grecian
princes, the successors of Alexander, like Edfou
and Denderah, it bears in several places the
names of Philometor, of Euergetes II., and of
Dionysos. It presents the peculiar feature of
consisting to a certain extent of two temples
placed in juxtaposition, dedicated to the two
eternally antagonistic principles — that is, on
the one hand, light adored under the name of
Horus; on the other, darkness symbolized by
the crocodile-god Sebek.
If Ombos were to be visited with the inten-
tion only of finding out its date, it would
scarcely be necessary to land. The very first
glimpse one obtains of the temple marks it out
as of Ptolemaic origin. The ideas suggested by
the temple of Esneh are in fact reproduced
here. With the arrival of the Greeks, Egyptian
architecture received an impetus which gave
birth to the column with a capital sui generis
found only on temples of Greco-Egyptian
origin.
The distance between Ombos and Assouan is
not great. After a few hours' journey, one be-
gins to perceive towards the south mountains
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to become the prey of the Nile, however care-
fully it may he protected. The work of Grecian
princes, the successors of Alexander, like Edfou
and Denderah, it bears in several places the
names of Philometor, of Euergetes II., and of
Dionysos. It presents the peculiar feature of
consisting to a certain extent of two temples
placed in juxtaposition, dedicated to the two
eternally antagonistic principles — that is, on
the one hand, light adored under the name of
Horus; on the other, darkness symbolized by
the crocodile-god Sebek.
If Ombos were to be visited with the inten-
tion only of finding out its date, it would
scarcely be necessary to land. The very first
glimpse one obtains of the temple marks it out
as of Ptolemaic origin. The ideas suggested by
the temple of Esneh are in fact reproduced
here. With the arrival of the Greeks, Egyptian
architecture received an impetus which gave
birth to the column with a capital sui generis
found only on temples of Greco-Egyptian
origin.
The distance between Ombos and Assouan is
not great. After a few hours' journey, one be-
gins to perceive towards the south mountains