Egypt’s plan to restore the granite exterior of the Menkaure pyramid has sparked concern, with some experts calling it “interference with the work of the ancient Egyptians.” ...

The Pyramid of Menkaure way be small in comparison to others, but it’s arguably the most elegant pyramid at Giza, with its granite casing stones, the beautiful panelled chamber, the curved ...

King Menkaure's pyramid now has between three and eight rows of the granite blocks around its base, but it originally had 16 rows of the blocks rising up the four sides of the structure.

The Menkaure pyramid is the smallest of the three main pyramids at Giza. Built by the pharaoh Menkaure, the pyramid sits beside the Khafre and Cheops pyramids, near Egypt’s legendary sphynx.

The pyramid of Menkaure, the second pharaoh after Khufu, errs by about 13 arcminutes in the other direction, whereas the three earlier pyramids of Snofru, Khufu's predecessor, are oriented more ...

The committee supported the scientific archaeological project submitted to study and survey the Menkaure Pyramid, organize the granite blocks that make up the fallen outer covering, and carry out ...

Menkaure was the only pyramid designed to be clad in granite rather than limestone. Only 16 to 18 layers of granite were installed before construction was halted, apparently because of pharaoh ...

The committee appointed to review work at the Menkaure Pyramid on the Giza Plateau has issued its recommendations after the controversy over “recladding” the pyramid, writes Zahi Hawass ...

The committee appointed to review work at the Menkaure Pyramid on the Giza Plateau has issued its recommendations after the controversy over “recladding” the pyramid, writes Zahi Hawass The ...

The project concerns the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the Giza pyramids, built more than 4,000 years ago. The aim is to restore the pyramid to how it may have looked when it was originally ...