Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old temple dedicated to the Egyptian sun god Ra at the site of Abu Ghurab, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo. The temple was ...

A mysterious ancient sun temple dating back 4,500 years has been unearthed by archaeologists in an Egyptian cemetery for the pharaohs. Sun temples were built to honor the most powerful ancient ...

That is because officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities claim it could the remains of an ancient lost sun temple, one of just four. Sun temples were constructed to honour ...

Sun temples are found at a number of sites in Egypt and are dedicated to Ra, the ancient Egyptian sun god, but the sun temple at Heliopolis was of particular importance. (Heliopolis is a Greek ...

Related: The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how ... stone sundial" that measured time by the movements of the sun. The temple building itself faced east, the direction from which the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site ... been used to ...

god of the sun, across the sky. Smaller obelisks were usually placed in temples dedicated to Isis or Serapis, the Greco-Egyptian god. Today Rome has 13 Egyptian obelisks, far more than any other c ...

Built in the southeastern portion of the temple, the astronomical ... was used by Egyptian astronomers and priests to take measurements of the sun’s inclination. Other rooms are believed to ...

the rising sun symbolized Ra’s creation of the world, and its path reflected his daily rebirth. Thus, representations of astronomical phenomena were fitting subjects for Egyptian temples.

The remnants of the mud-brick building are believed to be one of the lost ‘sun temples’ dating back to the Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (2465 to 2323 BC). They were found under the temple of ...

Pictured are the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at the Temple of Buto site ... entrance facing toward the east where the sun rises, an open central hall with columns ...