feb 28, 1971 BC - White Chapel around 1971 BCE
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The White Chapel is a stone pavilion built nearly 4,000 years ago under the rule of Senusret I, a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 12th Dynasty. Its exact original location is unknown because it was destroyed by a later pharaoh, but its pieces were rediscovered in the 1920s and now it stands again in the Open Air Museum of Karnak in Thebes.The chapel was likely built for Senusret I's Sed festival, a jubilee celebrating a pharaoh's completion of 30 years on the throne. The carved decorations on the stone are partly a record of the festival, and the pavilion may have been used as a kiosk for the king to sit inside during the celebration. The interior included a throne on which statues may have replaced the actual king once festivities were over.some archaeologist say the white chapel was origanally covered in a thin layer of gold.
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