egypt launches restoration of menkaure’s pyramid   Online controversy erupted when Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Egypt’s secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, unveiled footage showcasing the ongoing restoration of the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest among Giza’s main pyramids. According to Waziri’s Facebook post, Egyptian-Japanese archaeologists are actively reinstalling numerous granite blocks and rewrapping the […] The post why egypt’s plan to restore one of its ancient pyramids with granite has sparked controversy appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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