First Crocodile Museum opens in Aswan

A new museum located in front of the Temple of Kom Ombo in Aswan will exhibit forty mummified crocodiles, from the smallest specimens, 1.5 meters long, to the real giants of almost five meters of length. Crocodiles were worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. The god Sobek, for whom the Temple of Kom Ombo is dedicated, was represented as a man with a crocodile head.

http://www.ansamed.info/en/egypt/news/ME03.@AM19065.html

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