3200 BC[1] and was little more than a cultic niche lodged between three large natural granite boulders.[2] This earliest temple was very small, housing a sanctuary of about 2 m × 2 m (6.6 ft × 6.6 ft) that was made of mud bricks. In front of the sanctuary, on the East side, there were some mud brick houses. The temple was enlarged during the 1st and 2nd Dynasties[3] and rebuilt during the Third Dynasty, but its old plan was kept.