The site of a unique double temple of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, which is dedicated to Sebek (Suchos), the crocodile god, and to Horus, the falcon-headed god. Ombos was important for its strategic location, commanding both the Nile River and the routes from Nubia northward to the Nile River valley. The site dates from at least the 18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BC) and the ancient town was especially prosperous under the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty (304-30 BC), when it was the capital of the separate nome (province) of Ombos. There are also a number of Upper Palaeolithic sites which chronologically overlapping industries - the Sebekian, Silsillian, and Sebillian - from c 15,000-9500 BC. This riverine plain had extensive exploitation of wild grasses during the period of 12,000-10,000 BC.