Menkaure's Valley Temple

Giza


Head east from the Pyramid of Menkaure to visit the ruins of Menkaure's valley temple. Excavations here unearthed many statues of Menkaure and also confirmed that this building was reused as a palace and centre of a mortuary cult in later centuries.


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