663px-Giza_Plateau_-_Great_Sphinx_-_inside_temple-photo-copyright-Daniel-Mayer-2008 March 15, 2013← Return to Ancient Sacred Sites Aligned to the Summer Solstice‹›The Valley Temple located beside the Great Sphinx of Egypt. It shares remarkable similarities in building style with the Osireion, another ancient temple. Both are made out of huge unadorned granite blocks. (photo copyright Daniel Mayer 2008)