Located 4 km from Siwa is the temple Aghurmi. This temple probably housed the famous Greek oracle and dates to the 26th Dynasty. The temple has a forecourt, a vestibule and a sanctuary. The base of the western column of the Doric-style facade, erected by the Greeks, remains. It's remarkable to note the decorations which show King Ahmose making offerings to the gods, and on the reverse side the Siwan governor doing the same. This suggests that the Siwa was far enough removed from the Egyptian Empire for her leaders to rule almost as king. Yet this must have been a well known religious center, for when Alexander the Great came to Egypt for the first time, he headed directly to Siwa to consult the oracle. Thus, the religious significants of this site must have been known prior to Alexander's occupation and the beginnings of the Greco period of Egypt's history.