Valley Temple

The Valley Temple lay burried under the sand until its discovery by French egyptologist Auguste Mariette in 1852, which accounts for its reasonable state of preservation. Built of limestone and faced with polished Aswan granite, the temple faces east and used to open onto a quay. Beyond a narrow antechamber you will find a T-shaped hall whose gigantic architraves are supported by square pillars, in front of which stood diorite statues of Chephren.