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The valley temple was entered via a ramp that led to a portico or covered ambulatory. The roof was decorated with gold painted stars on a blue background and the ceiling was supported by granite palm fond columns (Niuser-Re used papyrus bundles). The floor was of black. Abusir Pyramid Complex, Egypt. igneous basalt, the dado of red-granite and above a layer of Tura limestone – which was decorated with polychrome bas-relief, for example depicting the king in the form of a Sphinx trampling enemies. A hall with two pillars led to the causeway.

The causeway traversed uneven ground - to keep the processional way at a constant incline from the valley to the plateau significant buttresses were employed. The 2 meters wide corridor was illuminated from small openings in the roof and its length was decorated “including scenes of gods leading prisoners taken from Egypt’s traditional enemies”. The width of the corridor suggests that the king’s body may not have been transported to the royal-cult temple through the passageway.

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Drainage channel in the causeway and a fragment of red granite, possibly from Aswan.

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South end of Sahure's Causeway.


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