Egyptian Surgical Tools

This picture was taken at the Ptolemaic Period Egyptian temple of Horus and Sobek at Komobo (ca. 180-47 BCE). Horus was the Egyptian falcon-headed god (son of Isis and Osiris), while Sobek was the crocodile-headed god. Crocodiles were worshipped here, and on site is a museum of crocodile mummies. Komobo is a rare example of a double temple, where two deities were worshipped in the same building. On a wall in the back section of the temple complex there are these reliefs that show Egyptian surgical and medical implements. Some of them resemble their modern counterparts.