A plan to cover a Giza pyramid with granite cladding has been called “absurd” after its proponents promised it would deliver “a gift from Egypt to the world”. The project aims to restore the Pyramid ...

A project to restore granite blocks that once covered a greater portion of the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza has been criticized by some preservationists. By Julia Halperin When the Egyptian authorities ...

The Egyptian government has reversed a plan to restore the smallest of the three main pyramids in Giza, after a committee of experts recommended against any change to its current shape. “Today science ...

Granite blocks lie at the base of the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza, Egypt, which is 4,500 years old. Ahmed Gomaa / Xinhua via Getty Images Archaeologists in Egypt have started work on a sprawling ...