the the covering of the Menkaure pyramid with granite,
illustration Messy Nessy, to bring it back to its former glory, as it happens battle lines are already being drawn, Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of
Antiquities, has in contrast dubbed it "the project of the century."
on the other hand "Impossible!" wrote the Egyptologist Monica Hanna,
"The only thing missing was to add tiling to the pyramid of Menkaure! When
are we going to stop the absurdity in the management of Egyptian
heritage?" she asked, "All international principles on renovations
prohibit such interventions, Hanna added, calling on all archaeologists to
"mobilise immediately." when originally built, the pyramid was encased in granite,
but over time lost part of its covering. The renovation aims to restore the
structure's original style by reconstructing the granite layer, work is slated
to last three years and will be "Egypt's gift to the world in the 21st
century", said Waziri, who heads the Egyptian-Japanese mission in charge
of the project, for myself it is a difficult one, should the pyramid be left as
is, or should it be restored? I really do not know, for further news on the project have a look here.
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