The Instigation

The temple doubtless fell into disrepair some time after Kahun ceased to be occupied, but it was apparently still standing in the 18th Dynasty. However, its final destruction came in the 19th Dynasty, and debris of this date, presumably belonging to the masons who carried out these orders, was found at the site. The stonework
was removed from the temple, at the instigation of Ramesses II, to be re-used in his own temple at Ahnas (Heracleopolis). The same fate befell the smaller temple which adjoined the east face of Sesostris II’s Lahun pyramid. That these blocks had been reemployed at Ahnas was confirmed for Petrie when he saw a granite column drum there, reused for Ramesses II, but bearing the Kaname of Sesostris II. The temple area was subsequently deserted for thousands of years, but finally had a new use, this time as a
Christian burial ground, in the 7th Century AD.