There are an estimated six sun temples dedicated to the deity Ra in existence. The third one may just have been found in Egypt’s Abu Ghurab, hidden for decades underneath a relatively newer one
"Now our finds demonstrate that this was a completely different building, erected before Nyuserra," he said.
What finally confirmed to the researchers that this building was in fact a sun temple, was “a cache of beer jars filled with mud, a ritual offering reserved for the most sacred places” according to theThus the recent dig confirms that underneath the sun temple of Nyuserre lay another sun temple.
The mud brick monument "was impressive in size," said Nuzzolo, but Nyuserre ritually destroyed it in order to build his own sun temple,Nuzzolo said the sun temples were dedicated to Ra, with the king presenting himself as the only son of Ra on Earth, legitimising his power through the temple.
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