Niuserra

Niuserra, the sixth Kings of the V dynasty rendered the solar cult established In a decisive way and this is proven by the construction of the temple in Abu Ghorab, the only one built in stone that has reached us, of which the architecture rives us a rather precise idea of what the solar temple in Heliopolis, must have been, of which, unfortunately no trace is left. The solar complex was made by an entrance in the valley that , through a ramp, was connected to the one above. Before the latter there was a court, and in the middle of it, there is an altar before a big obelisk, derived from the benben, the stone that represented the Sun beam.
In the open air court there was the area for the butchering of the animals destined to the gods’ and the priests’ meals.
 

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