The modern name for a site on the east bank of the Nile in the first nome of southern Upper Egypt, ancient Egyptian Nebit, Greek Ombos. The principal surviving monument consists of a templefrom the Ptolemaic Perioddedicated to the gods Sobekand Horus in the form of Haroeris and their respective wives and sons. The temple was cleared by the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1893 and is being published by a French expedition. The nearby town has not been excavated.
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