[en] The ancient site of Kom Ombo, Nb.t or Nbw.t, is located on the east margin of the Nile
some 30 km north of Aswan in southern Egypt. Today it is dominated by a well-preserved
temple of the Ptolemaic period (about 300 BC to 30 BC), but around three sides of the
temple is a mound consisting of the remains of the ancient settlement, which was
inhabited from at least 2600 BC to about the 10th century A.D., and again in the 19th
century.
Since 2017 the Austrian Archaeological Institute/Austrian Academy of Sciences, Cairo
in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MOTA) is working at this
settlement.
Excavations north of the modern temple enclosure wall have uncovered a town quarter
from the Old Kingdom which dates most probably from the Early Dynastic Period (2nd
Dynasty) to the Later Old Kingdom. In this paper, an overview of Old Kingdom Kom
Ombo including the recent results of this work and comparisons to previous work by the
Ground Water project will be presented which will shed a new light on the importance of
the town of Kom Ombo in the Old Kingdom
Research center :
Mondes anciens - ULiège
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Forstner-Müller, Irene; Académie autrichienne des sciences / Institut archéologique autrichien (ÖAW/ÖAI) > Le Caire
Seyr, Philipp ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Mondes anciens
Language :
English
Title :
The town of Kom Ombo in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period
Publication date :
22 June 2022
Event name :
8th Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology
Event organizer :
Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano (Research Group HUM458 “Egiptología y Papirología” University of Jaen)
Event place :
Jaen, Spain
Event date :
21-25.06.2022
Audience :
International
Peer reviewed :
Editorial reviewed
Funders :
OAW - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften [AT] Institut Archéologique Autrichien [AT]
