There is good and bad news for those planning to visit Egypt this summer to explore the Pyramids of Giza. While the largest pyramid, Khufu, remains closed for maintenance, there’s a silver lining. The ...

Egyptian officials canceled their plans to renovate the pyramid of Menkaure last week, citing preservation-related concerns over the project. Officials planned to install cladding made of ancient ...

A controversial plan to cover one of Egypt’s Giza Pyramids with granite cladding will likely not be possible given rock nature and international archaeological restoration law, according to a ...

Fresh scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed hidden internal voids that may line up with an unknown passageway, raising the possibility that a long-concealed entrance is ...

Recent scientific scans have revealed intriguing voids hidden within the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest yet one of the most mysterious of the three great pyramids at Giza. Unlike its larger ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...

A major restoration project is underway to repair one of Egypt’s famed pyramids, despite frustration from the archaeology community. The efforts are led by Mostafa Waziri, Egypt’s secretary-general of ...

Built around 2510 BC and standing nearly 200 feet tall, Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the famous Giza complex. It was built to serve as the tomb of the King ...

A scheme recently unveiled to reconstruct one of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt has sparked backlash from archaeologists. In a video on January 25, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme ...

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