sahure had a pyramid built for himself in abusir, thereby abandoning the royal necropolises of saqqara and giza, where his predecessors had built their monuments. this decision was possibly motivated by the presence of the sun temple of userkaf in abusir, the first such temple of the fifth dynasty. the pyramid of sahure is much smaller than the pyramids of the preceding fourth dynasty but the decoration and architecture of his mortuary temple is more elaborate. the valley temple, causeway and mortuary temple of his pyramid complex were once adorned by over of exquisite polychrome reliefs, representing the highest form reached by this art during the old kingdom period. the ancient egyptians recognized this particular artistic achievement and tried to emulate the reliefs in the tombs of subsequent kings and queens. the architects of sahure's pyramid complex introduced the use of palmiform columns (that is columns whose capital has the form of palm leaves), which would soon become a hallmark of ancient egyptian architecture. the layout of his mortuary temple was also innovative and became the architectural standard for the remainder of the old kingdom period. sahure is also known to have constructed a sun temple called ""the field of ra"", and although it is yet to be located it is presumably also in abusir.