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 ...

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 ...

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 ...