The nearby mortuary temple, though, provided us with cover.

This is one of the largest and best preserved mortuary temples of ancient Egypt.

Contrary to other mortuary temples, the inner sanctum was thus separated from the pyramid by the courtyard.

As the New Kingdom crumbled, the building of mortuary temples ceased and was never revived.

The secondary chapels in mortuary temples were devoted to gods associated with kingship.

Pyramids were reserved for royalty, and were accompanied by large mortuary temples sitting at their base.

His own mortuary temple was begun in Deir el-Bahari, but never completed.

These children are attested to by statuary fragments found in the ruined mortuary temple adjoining the pyramid.

Pharaohs had their own mortuary temples where rituals were performed for them during their lives and after their deaths.

Early European explorers describe stone statues as being kept in mortuary temples or shrines, frequently on top of platform mounds.