Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo

According to the ancient Egyptian religion, people were protected from crocodile attacks by Sobek, the Nile crocodile god. 

The museum contains 22 crocodile mummies of different shapes and sizes, displayed on sand inside a huge glass showcase that illustrates how crocodiles lay down on the banks of the Nile.

A number of crocodile coffins, wooden sarcophagi, fetuses and crocodile eggs are also exhibited, along with stelae and statues of Sobek with a human body and crocodile head.