Abu Gorab

Abu Gorab

Abu Gurab (also known as Abu Ghurab, Abu Gurob and Abu Jirab) is a sun temple built by the people of ancient Egypt. It was excavated by Egyptologists between 1898 and 1901 by Ludwig Borchardt on behalf of the Berlin Museum and is located near the city of Memphis. It was built to honor the Sun god Ra.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu Gorab
• Page 95 - Hunt, P., 2007, Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History: Penguin, New York, 226p.