Egypt: 4500 years old lost Sun Temple found

Monday, November 15, 2021

An unexplained sun temple lost for 4,500 years has been found buried in the Egyptian desert.

The archaeologists unearthed the ancient remains in Abu Gorab, south of Cairo , in what is being dubbed the biggest discovery in decades.

It is one of six sun temples believed to have been constructed – of which only two have ever been found.

They were built while the pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty were still alive to grant them the status of god.

The pyramids on the other hand were built as final resting places to ensure pharaohs were resurrected as gods in the afterlife. The experts digging north of Egyptian archaeology locality Abusir first found the remains of the sun temple built by Nyuserre Ini, who ruled for about 30 years in the 25th century BC.

Further investigation revealed an older base made of mud bricks which indicated a building previously existed at the site.

Experts then discovered the two-foot-deep base of a white limestone pillar which they suggested the original structure was “quite impressive”.

But what came next, 50 years later, solidified the researchers’ suspicions.

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