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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...