UNESCO has designated Valley Temple as a World Heritage Site.
Khafre is credited with constructing the Valley Temple in the year 2600 B.C.
The structure from the Fourth Dynasty has been kept in the most satisfactory condition and dates back to the 1800s.
Compared to the temples built during the 5th and 6th dynasties, the Temple of Khafre is by far the most impressive.
Location:
About thirty minutes will be needed to travel from Cairo to the Valley Temple.
History:
A part of a funeral complex that has a mortuary Temple next to the Pyramid on the east side and a covered path that leads to the valley Temple. People have talked a lot about what these valley temples were used for.
It’s possible that they were used in the mummification process or in a ceremony called “opening of the mouth,” which happened when the “ka” entered the body of the dead person.
The French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette found the Valley Temple in 1852. It had been buried in sand for a long time, which is why it is still in pretty good shape today. The temple faces east and used to have a door that led to a dock. It is made of limestone, and the face is made of polished Aswan granite.
After going through a small foyer, you will come to a T-shaped hall. It has huge architraves that are held up by square pillars. In front of these pillars were sculptures of Chephren made of diorite.
