<< Our Photo Pages >> Dashour Valley Temple - Ancient Temple in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Dashour Valley Temple Alternative Name: Dahshur TempleCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Cairo Nearest Village: Dahshur
Latitude: 29.794970N Longitude: 31.216800E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A sacred causeway connects the Bent pyramid to the Valley temple, which is thought to be the oldest remaining temple of its kind. Later dynasties added to it, as Sneferu was revered long after his age on account of his success as an explorer, conqueror, ruler and builder.
The temple is currently in bad shapes, but enough blocks remain to get a good idea of what it looked like.
You need to hike about 400 Meters through the desert and convince the Antiquities Police to look the other way.
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