Sobek
c. 2400 BCE – 400 CEattested
Kom Ombo
- Egyptian
Crocodile god of the Nile and its unpredictability, worshipped where the river was most dangerous. Live crocodiles were kept in temple pools, fed by hand, and mummified with jewellery when they died.
Known for
- the river's danger made divine
- crocodiles kept in temple pools
- power without reassurance
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.