2011-04-07 
尼罗河一定长比天河，不然为什么源于它的神话传说生生不息，而且从不见古埃及人嫌其久，亦不见古埃及人嫌其玄，更不见古埃及人嫌其多？展示神圣王权的鹰首神(Haroeris)，象征丰产富饶的鳄鱼神(Sobek)，保护生灵涂炭的胡狼神(Anubis)，造化生命健康的生育女神(Isis)，赐福母爱丰满的苍天女神(Hathor)，……金城神庙则是这样一座祭奉鹰首神荷鲁斯和鳄鱼神索贝克的“双神殿”。 古时被称作“金城”的康翁波位于尼罗河畔南沿，周围一片农田绿洲，每年夏天七月十五号河水泛滥，给地处河谷的村庄披上了一层厚厚的淤泥，自然灌溉后土地肥沃养分充足，庄稼伺机巧取豪夺一年三熟。抽过穗的玉米棒子胖嘟嘟沉甸甸，始终耷拉着脑袋扪声不语；头戴花帽的甘蔗昂头挺胸，一有风吹草动，便轻歌曼舞尽显窈条身段，四月上旬我们到访的时候，正是当地努比亚人喜获丰收的季节。
金城神庙融合了古埃及法老后期托勒密时代和古希腊─罗马建筑特点，罗马式帅气的大门和宽敞的庭院、古希腊式多柱的前厅正堂、古埃及式神明普照大地的祭祀成双成对，一条中轴线将其分成相互对称的两部分，左边供奉鹰首神，右边祭祀鳄鱼神，许多石柱精心刻着代表“上埃及”莲藕或百合以及体现“下埃及”纸莎草(Papyrus)浮雕。
除此而外，金城神庙最大特色还有：石板石块之间留有榫接痕迹；在祭堂的背后有一处大型壁画，专门为纪念被奉为古埃及建筑与医药双神祭司印和闐(Imhotep)而刻的手术刀及其它医疗器械，其对面浮雕上清晰地记载着当年计算尼罗河潮涨潮落的日期和表达日月经纶的年历；40具从附近墓地发掘出来的鳄鱼木乃伊陈列在苍天女神祭堂之中。
参观完毕，时过八岁的孩子有感而发，写下这样的旅行见闻。
【Aiden in English】 Wow! Egypt has a lot of history. So maybe the Temple of Kom Ombo is big because it has a lot of history in it. Well, that's not really true. Every temple has a Hypostyle Hall, so does the Temple of Kom Ombo. I think there are four rows of columns with mostly no color painting. Over thousands of years, the color seemed to have fainted off the walls. Many columns on the left of the temple had lotus which stood for Upper Egypt and some columns on the right had papyrus that represented lower Egypt. The ancient Egyptians built walls by putting limestone next to each other and then they drew and carved on the walls. They also added hieroglyphs and cartouches to the drawings and carvings. There is a story about two gods named Osiris and Seth. It is about the Key of Life. The Key of Life carved on the slabs is often in front of your mouth, which shows the spirit comes out from your mouth when you die. The story came from a tale that Osiris was a good god and his brother Seth, Osiris's enemy, was evil. Seth wanted to kill Osiris. He pretended to do it in a nice way. He said whoever fitted in the tomb would die inside. Osiris tried it first and Seth closed the lid hard. Osiris was suffocated and died soon. Seth knew if the body wasn't destroyed, Osiris would then come back to life. So he chopped it up into pieces and threw it all in different places. Osiris's wife Isis turned into an ibis bird and flew all over the world. In Egypt, she finally found every piece except his penis. But she made a penis from a spell and Osiris was reborn. 【红霞译文】
怪哉，埃及有这么多历史！金城神庙之所以雄伟，无非是因为它的厚重？其实不然。〖注〗金城神庙面积不大。 每一个庙宇都有多柱厅，金城神庙也不例外，我记得它有四排雕刻的石柱，几千年过后，上面的颜料已褪得跟从来没有着过色一样，其中左侧刻有藕莲花的石柱代表“上埃及”，而右侧雕有纸莎草的则代表“下埃及”。古埃及人喜欢用石灰石建筑墙壁，一个捱一个，接着画幅图刻张像，末了再用圣书体的象形文字和皇帝徽章点缀一番。 金城神庙有一个关于冥界神和乱世神的传说故事，新生复活常常出现在石板雕像人物的嘴前，表示当离开人间，他(她)的灵魂从嘴里超渡出来。冥王神奥西里斯是善良的天神，而弟弟魔王赛特却是他的敌人，名符其实的恶魔，赛特想要篡权夺位杀死哥哥奥西里斯，便想出一个绝恶办法，引诱奥西里斯躺进一口棺材，然后将棺材关紧把奥西里斯活活憋死，因为赛特知道如果不销毁尸体，那么奥西里斯必将复活，于是赛特将奥西里斯的尸体剁成碎块扔到埃及各个角落。奥西里斯的妻子生育神艾希斯闻讯立刻变成一只朱鹭四处寻觅，最后终于如愿以偿，唯一不幸的是奥西里斯的生殖器未能找到，但艾希斯念来咒语，使奥西里斯重获新生。
Today in History(历史上的今天): 2011: 埃及尼罗河游轮(Cruising on the Nile, Egypt) 
Preserved Papyrus Shaped Column & Ceiling @ Temple of Kom Ombo (金城二神庙·保留下来的纸莎草柱和天花板) 
The Double Entrance to Kom Ombo Temple (金城二神庙·双门 04-07-2011) 
Forecourt，the Courtyard of Sobek and Haroeris (鳄鱼神与鹰首神庙前院 04-07-2011) 
The Vestibule (前厅 04-07-2011) 
The Sanctuary of Sobek (鳄鱼神祭堂) 
Hypostyle Hall (多柱厅 04-07-2011)
The Pillars (石柱 04-07-2011)
Hypostyle Hall (多柱厅 04-07-2011) 
Cartouches @ Lintel (过梁上王室徽章)
The Column of Hypostyle Hall (多柱厅·石柱) 
A Well-Preserved Frieze (保存完好的饰带 04-07-2011) 
Chapel of Hathor (苍天女神寺) 
Mammisi or Birth House Dedicated to Osiris & Isis for Their Son Horus (诞生屋·献给冥王神和生育神之子富饶神 04-07-2011)
Ancient Graffito (古代涂鸦) 
Ptolemy VI Philometor makes an offering to the gods @ Kom Ombo (托勒密六世“爱父者”在金城向神献祭)
Cleopatra Image (天父荣耀)
Cartouche Ptolemy XII (托勒密十二王室徽章)
Carved in Scalpels, Forceps, Scissors, & Medical Apparatus plus Prescriptions & 2 Goddesses Sitting on Birthing Chairs (手术刀、钳子、剪刀等医疗器械上饰物与处方和坐在产椅上俩女神) 
Reliefs of Haroeris, the Falcon God & Sobek, the Crocodile God (鹰首神与鳄鱼神浮雕) 
The calendar shows the figures for the days of the month (roll over the picture) and the hieroglyphs for the inundation season, Akhet. On the thirtieth of the Season of the Harvest, one can see the hieroglyph for the Season of the Emergence, which indicates the end of the harvest season. The next day is Akhet.(日历显示了如滚动图片上的当月天数以及水灾的象形文字，在收获季节的第30天，可以看到汛期季节的象形文字，它表示收获季节的结束，接下来第二天便是水灾。) 
The Hieroglyphic Calendar (日历象形文字 04-07-2011) 
Sobek w/ Typical Attributes of Kingship, Including A Was-Sceptre and Royal Kilt. The ankh in his hand represents his role as an Osirian healer and his crown is a solar crown associated with one of the many forms of Ra (具有王权典型特征的鳄鱼神，包括王权和王室短裙，手中生命之钥代表他作为丰产神救主角色，头上皇冠与诸多形式的太阳神相关) 
Keffiyeh, Shemagh, Gutra & Hijab (方头巾、提花头巾、白头巾、盖头 04-07-2011) 
Gazeboes (凉亭)
Nubian （努比亚人) 
Nubian，Policeman & Guide （努比亚人、警察与导游) 
School Kids（小学生)
Crosslinks(相关博文): 埃及(Egypt) Africa (漫游非洲) 小学二年级(2nd Grade)
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