Kom Ombo/Crocodile Museum

A unique feature of Kom Ombo is a series of engravings thought to be among the world’s first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The mummified crocodiles in their ceramic coffins, together with grave goods consisting of pots and offering tables, recreate the tombs of el-Shatb. Linen bandages, saturated with resins and oils, wrapped the crocodiles that had been desiccated with natron, and palm-ribs served to strengthen and support the mummies.Read more