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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Granite blocks are being installed alongside the Pyramid of Menkaure in a bid to restore it A plan to cover a Giza pyramid with ...

Kochi: Triggering safety fears among residents of Chander Kunj Army Towers at Silversand Island in Vytilla, a large granite wall cladding of the lift on ground floor fell down on Monday morning.

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 ...

CAIRO, Feb 15 (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 ...

French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes has used irregular blocks of granite to clad the Edmond Simeoni School and Cultural ...

Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the plan for the pyramid of Menkaure last month, declaring it would be "the project of the century". But news that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pyramid of Menkaure (AFP via Getty Images) Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced ...

Egyptologists question the need to recreate cladding in Giza restoration project and say structure should be preserved as it is today Magdy Samaan is a freelance journalist who has worked with The ...