Egypt's antiquities chief announced a project to restore an ancient pyramid's granite cladding. He called it "Egypt's gift to the world," gesturing to work apparently already begun. But some heritage ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has scuttled a controversial plan to reinstall ancient granite cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three great pyramids of Giza, a committee formed by the ...

Millions of visitors travel to Egypt each year to see the iconic Pyramids of Giza. Despite being one of the world’s most famous ancient sites, the experience leaves many travellers with unpleasant ...

A proposal to renovate one of the three iconic pyramids in Giza is getting some pushback from critics, one of whom likened such a venture to "straightening the Tower of Pisa." The project concerns the ...

Cairo — Just weeks after an Egyptian-Japanese archaeological team announced an ambitious project to reconstruct the outer granite casing of the pyramid of King Menkaure, the smallest of the three main ...

Cairo — Archaeologists have launched a huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago. An Egyptian ...

A restoration project planned for one of Giza’s ancient pyramids in Egypt has received fierce backlash from Egyptologists. The project uses laser technology to recase the pyramids with granite blocks, ...

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