The Mortuary Temple uses lower-quality megalithic limestone blocks compared to the pyramid itself. Its limestone core mates against unfinished granite casing, suggesting later builders who couldn't or wouldn't finish the granite work. This pattern of later cultures refurbishing incomplete structures repeats across Giza.
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut appears to be later add-on by different builders
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Key facts
- The mortuary temple is made of megalithic limestone blocks of lower quality than the pyramid
- Limestone core blocks of the temple mate against unfinished granite casing stones
- The temple was likely built later by different builders who were unwilling or incapable of finishing the granite work
- This pattern of unfinished structures being refurbished by later cultures is seen across the Giza Plateau
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