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perhaps never even used.

Scholars believe that the temple would have something to do
with the solar cycle, which would include Atum and the sun in its
other phases, including Khepri, the rising sun, Re, at its zenith
and Atum when it sets. If so, it would probably be the first solar
temple in Egypt. As with Khafre's other temples, symbolic
meaning has been seen several elements of the old Sphinx
Temple. The twenty-four columns suggest that there was one for
each hour of the day and night. There were also ten to twelve
statues, again suggesting a statue for each hour of the day. The
court statues sat in sockets cut in the floor in front of each pillar,
bringing the base of the statue flush with the alabaster paving
covering the bedrock floor. Each court statue was encased in red

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