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The story of the crocodile museum

 

The story of the crocodile museum


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It is a museum located in Kom Ombo, Aswan Governorate, and is the largest international museum for one animal only
The museum displays a number of aspects of the Sobek cult and the mummification of crocodiles and other rituals related to it.
 The museum includes a model of a crocodile cemetery, a large number of crocodile mummies of different ages and lengths, in addition to coffins used to contain the mummies of this sacred animal, and paintings depicting offerings to Sobek.

 The museum displays 22 crocodiles out of 50 crocodiles previously found in the area near the Kom Ombo temple, as it displays crocodiles that were still in the embryo stage, small crocodiles, large crocodiles as well as different in lengths, which reach about 5.5 meters, along with 8 crocodiles in coffins and burial scrolls.
As well as 20 pieces of paintings and statues related to the cult of crocodiles.
The museum was opened in January 2012. The museum building was originally a police station, but due to its location opposite the archaeological sites, the Egyptian government turned it into a museum.

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 قصة متحف التمساح

هو متحف يقع في كوم أمبو بمحافظة أسوان ويعد أكبر متحف عالمي يخص حيوان واحد فقط 
ويستعرض المتحف عدداً من مظاهر عبادة سوبك وما اتصل بها من تحنيط التماسيح وغيرها من الطقوس.
 يضم المتحف نموذجاً لمقبرة تماسيح، وعدداً كبيراً من مومياوات التماسيح مختلفة الأعمار والأطوال، بالإضافة إلى توابيت استخدمت لتحوي مومياوات هذا الحيوان المقدس، ولوحات تصور تقديم القرابين لسوبك . 

 يعرض المتحف 22 تمساحا من 50 تمساحا سبق العثور عليها بالمنطقة القريبة من معبد كوم أمبو، حيث يعرض تماسيح كانت مازالت في مرحلة الجنين وتماسيح صغيرة وتماسيح كبيرة وكذلك مختلفة في الأطوال والتي تصل إلى حوالي 5.5 متر بجانب 8 تماسيح في توابيت ولفائف الدفن. 
وكذلك 20 قطعة من اللوحات والتماثيل التي تخص عبادة التماسيح. 
تم افتتاح المتحف في شهر يناير 2012. كان مبنى المتحف في الأصل مركز للشرطة لكن بسبب موقعه المقابل للمواقع الأثرية حولته الحكومة المصرية إلى متحف.








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