Italian archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to King Nyuserre near Cairo, in the Abusir necropolis, the Egyptian antiquities ministry announced.

The temple, dating to Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty, is part of a monumental complex dedicated to the sun god Ra and is among the few solar temples identified to date.

Excavation revealed more than half of the structure, over 1,000 square meters in size, including column bases, wall coverings, granite thresholds, and a sloping ramp likely linking the temple to the Nile.

The team also found two wooden pieces of the ancient Egyptian game “Sunnat,” similar to modern chess, CBS News has reported.

Abusir is known for smaller pharaoh pyramids, and this discovery marks only the second confirmed Fifth Dynasty solar temple, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian religious architecture.