Saturday, 3 February 2024

Will It Ever Be Completed?

the the covering of the Menkaure pyramid with granite, 


illustration Messy Nessyto 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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