Before you go in, check out the small mammisi — birth house — to the southwest. It was added by Ptolemy VII and Ptolemy VIII after the temple was finished. The birth house is decorated with figures of Bes, the got of fertility and childbirth. A rather grotesque figure, actually.

The grand pylon is fronted by statues of the falcon-god Horus. There are no traces of colossal statues. The reliefs on the pylon show various Ptolemys smiting their enemies. Inside, reliefs show the barque of Hathor and procession of Horus and Hathor. Steps in the pylon lead up to the roof.