Contemporary with the temple at Edfu, it does double duty, dedicated to both Horus the Elder, and Sobek, the crocodile god. There's even a museum with mummified crocs.
Thoth and Horus bless a pharaoh before he's crowned.
Ahmed taught us an Arabic word every day. "Bah" means the end. It refers to the last day on the ancient 28-day calendar.
Ancient Egyptians didn't shy away from depicting childbirth. They had a pregnancy test, too. Women urinated over both wheat and barley seeds. Germination signaled a positive test with seed type forecasting gender.
Crocodiles were once kept in this well which had another purpose. Fed by river water, it was known a a Nilometer. Pharaohs based farm taxes on the water level, determined by annual flooding of the Nile. Too much or too little flooding decreased crop yields and taxes; moderate flooding increased crop yields and taxes.
Photo op or exercise? I couldn't tell.
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