Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-aref)
- Snappy New Museum For Kom Ombo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The new Crocodile Museum stands on top of a 15-metre hillock on the doorstep of the Ptolemaic temple on the east bank of the Nile at Kom Ombo, where the ancient Egyptians worshipped the crocodile-headed Sobek, their god...
- Why Did Ancient Egyptians Worship The Crocodile?
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Biali) To answer this question one must examine the physical attributes, lifestyle, and feeding patterns of this awesome beast. The African Nile crocodile, or crocodylus niloticus, is a carnivore reptile that can grow six meters...
- More Re Opening Of Medinet Maadi
Gadling Last week a new ancient site opened to the public in Egypt--a temple of the crocodile god Sobek. Medinet Madi is located in Egypt's Faiyum region, a fertile area around a lake at the end of a branch of the Nile called Bahr Yusuf ("The River...
- Scan Reveals Crocodile Mummy Contents
Copenhagen Post With photos. Scan reveals surprise content of museum’s crocodile mummy The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum made an exciting find this week. The museum, in conjunction with the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, scanned...
- Crocodile Museum To Open In January
This is a short article about the opening of this museum after 3 years of construction. The museums collection includes 40 crocodile mummies from 2-5 meters as well as statuary of the crocodile god Sobek. Sounds to me to be a little to specific and a...
Egypt
Crocodile museum to open
Ahram Online (Nevine El-aref)
Overlooking the Aswan Nile shore, neighbouring the ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo, the first ever crocodile museum in Egypt is scheduled to be opened on Tuesday.
The museum, which is dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Sobek, displays forty mummified crocodiles, ranging from two to five metres long, as well as crocodile foetuses and eggs. Also on show is a collection of wooden and granite crocodile statues and replicas of crocodile holes in rocks.
A visitor’s centre adorned with posters will screen a documentary before entrance to the museum, as an introduction to Sobek and crocodiles in Egypt.
- Snappy New Museum For Kom Ombo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The new Crocodile Museum stands on top of a 15-metre hillock on the doorstep of the Ptolemaic temple on the east bank of the Nile at Kom Ombo, where the ancient Egyptians worshipped the crocodile-headed Sobek, their god...
- Why Did Ancient Egyptians Worship The Crocodile?
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Biali) To answer this question one must examine the physical attributes, lifestyle, and feeding patterns of this awesome beast. The African Nile crocodile, or crocodylus niloticus, is a carnivore reptile that can grow six meters...
- More Re Opening Of Medinet Maadi
Gadling Last week a new ancient site opened to the public in Egypt--a temple of the crocodile god Sobek. Medinet Madi is located in Egypt's Faiyum region, a fertile area around a lake at the end of a branch of the Nile called Bahr Yusuf ("The River...
- Scan Reveals Crocodile Mummy Contents
Copenhagen Post With photos. Scan reveals surprise content of museum’s crocodile mummy The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum made an exciting find this week. The museum, in conjunction with the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, scanned...
- Crocodile Museum To Open In January
This is a short article about the opening of this museum after 3 years of construction. The museums collection includes 40 crocodile mummies from 2-5 meters as well as statuary of the crocodile god Sobek. Sounds to me to be a little to specific and a...