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Kom Ombo Temple

Private Labyrinth

Des Moines, Iowa, 50226, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Indoor
  • Portability
    Portable
  • Phone
    515.964.5334

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

Shady Cove, Oregon, 97539, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Indoor
  • Portability
    Portable
  • Phone
    541-878-2166

Nagoa Ash Shatb
Markaz Kom Ombo
Egypt

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This labyrinth is carved on a paving slab in the corridor on the southeast side of the Ptolemaic temple at Kom Ombo, on the banks of the River Nile, constructed during the reign of Ptolemaios VI Philometer (181-146 BCE). The labyrinth is worn by the passage of feet and is difficult to date, but a number of other slabs on the floor of the temple also bear graffiti of obvious antiquity. Current thinking suggests that the labyrinth may well be of Roman origin.

  • Type:

    Classical

  • Availability:

    Public

  • Situation:

    Indoor

  • Status:

    Permanent

  • Material Description:

    Graffiti carved on paving slab

  • Wheelchair Accessible:

    No

  • Size:

    c. 50 cm diameter

  • Date installed:

    Unknown – Roman graffiti? – first few centuries BC or AD?