Basically in Rome 2: Total War there's a unit called Sobek cultists who wear crocodile hides. Which i find really strange cause they worshiped crocodiles as far i know, Is there some sort of historical precedent to them wearing crocodile hide (not the fighting as part of the army part, I'm 99% sure that isn't true) or did CA just want to make a cool looking Egyptian crocodile dude?
I actually not only have the answer to this, but images of archaeological finds as well.
The Example from the British Museum
The Cult of Sobek was a real cult, it was popular in Egypt and persisted well into the 3rd Century AD. The Romans enjoyed it as a mystery cult, like the cults of Mithras and Sol Invictus. Crocodiles were highly revered in the cult of Sobek, and shrines to Sobek have been found in Roman forts even on the Danube, far outside of Egypt.
The Berlin Museum and the British Museum both have hides and "helmets" of Crocodile skin associated with the cult of Sobek, as these items were found in catacombs beneath the cult temples in Egypt. They date to the Roman period in the 3rd Century AD. It is known that Crocodile hides were displayed over the doorway to temples of Sobek. However, these pieces are shaped as armor, and made for a human wearer.
We have no evidence that these had any military purpose: armor made purely of hide, be it leather or crocodile, was virtually non-existent in the European Sphere after the Greek Spolas was phased out in the BC period (there are only two existing examples, both of which are probably imports). It was completely inferior to metal armor and at a disadvantage in comparison to quilted garments. In a culture where the majority of the army was supplied arms by the state and given metal armor, it would have been wholly unnecessary. So despite popular perception that this crocodile armor was worn by a Roman soldier in battle, no such thing happened.
For ancient Egypt? I would argue it's far more likely, because of the religious connotations implying protective properties and the lack of widespread access to metal armor. However I don't know of any proof of its use as armor by Ancient Egypt, and am unacquainted with Bronze Age military equipment.
However, it was worn by a soldier. We think this type of armor had importance in initiation rights, religious ceremonies, and possibly ritual burial as well, the latter of which being why it was found in the catacombs.
This paper by Salima Ikram goes in-depth about Sobek, although she claims the hide found was used as armor, which there is again no evidence for either in the context of the find nor in practicality of application.
