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Transcription: the funerary complex. Each pyramid was part of a group of buildings inside a high stone wall. This group of buildings is called the funerary complex. The complex usually included two temples, the main pyramid and a few small pyramids. One of the temples, the valley temple, was next to the Nile. The other temple, the pyramid temple, was next to the pyramid. The two temples were connected by a covered passage called a After a pharaoh died, a boat carried his body up the Nile to the Valley Temple. Then the mummy was carried to the Pyramid Temple. A ceremony was held there before the pharaoh was p ...