Refacing of Egyptian pyramid with granite sparks outrage online

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4 ай бұрын

A video showing renovation work to reface in Egypt’s Menkaure pyramid in granite has triggered criticism of the project, with some commentators likening it to 'straightening the Tower of Pisa'.
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In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, showed workers setting blocks of granite on the base of the pyramid, which sits beside the sphinx and the larger Khafre and Cheops pyramids at Giza. 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.
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@deheavon6670 4 ай бұрын

I don't know, but the Chichen Itza and a lot of other Mexican pyramids and monuments were also restored like this. People seem to have liked it.

@nokaton 4 ай бұрын

Pristine brand new pyramid isn't the look that people would think of how Egyptian pyramid would look like. Anyway, the Stonehenge was also re-erected only in the 1920s, and people had no complaint about it.

@Beyonder1987 2 ай бұрын

@@nokatonmost people weren’t aware of Stonehenge back then and know of the restoration that took place

@howtoappearincompletely9739 4 ай бұрын

As long as they're not adding concrete or any other anachronistic building materials, I really don't see the problem. The original casing stone was looted long ago; why is preserving that defacement better than restoring the pyramid to the state it was in prior to its dilapidation? That said, I'm not sure granite was the original casing stone; I thought it had been limestone.

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

The bottom 1/4 of the Menkaure pyramid was covered in granite at Diodorus Siculus' time. Most of the blocks are still there, strewn around the site. They are proposing digging to expose the bottom courses of granite, and putting the granite blocks that are strewn about the pyramid back in place.

@Johnny-rj9on 4 ай бұрын

Polished limestone that shone in the sun's reflection was also what I was led to believe.

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

@@Johnny-rj9onthe granite in the video IS original. It went 1/4 of the way up the Menkaure pyramid.

@Johnny-rj9on 4 ай бұрын

@@ramtharthegreat And the other 3/4 = limestone?

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

@Johnny-rj9on yes. The great pyramid, as far as we know, was all limestone, the other one had 1-2 courses of granite at the bottom and limestone the rest of the way up, and the Menkaure was 1/4 granite and 3/4 limestone.

@tmac20031 4 ай бұрын

I like the idea. Restoring one to its original form is an incredible idea. It would be awesome if they put a gold cap at the top too.

@mataznuiz 4 ай бұрын

theres no evidence of any pyramid having a gold cap on top

@SADlikeDAD 4 ай бұрын

@@mataznuizwe dont care we just wsnt gold

@notjimpickens7928 4 ай бұрын

@@SADlikeDADmmm...gold 🤑

@Bluediamond2023 3 ай бұрын

No!

@IvarThe0Pless 27 күн бұрын

@mataznuiz There will be when we do it.😂

@kevinb9830 4 ай бұрын

Outrage online? Surely not?

@IATotal 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic, with so many pyramids, why not to restore one and see it in his true glory

@spankflaps1365 4 ай бұрын

Where’s the aliens with their forklifts and stihl-saws?

@PatrickFitzgerald.. 4 ай бұрын

LOL that history channel show is so cringe and garbage

@kategreenhalf176 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Unknowingly545 4 ай бұрын

There working on $9.7BN New Nile Delta

@Nineteen1900Hundred 4 ай бұрын

Oh you know, right next to all that other equipment that was able to make granite look like soft butter, but also sand it perfectly flat as you can see at the entrance to this Menkaure pyramid^^

@cdubya3071 4 ай бұрын

And their sound-powered air cranes.

@TrollYaRollBro 4 ай бұрын

This is great! It will also help to preserve the pyramid underneath from rain damage by encasing it in Granite.

@Tatopatato 4 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking, they are protecting the historical site

@zdenekcurda2022 4 ай бұрын

Rain damage? In Egypt?

@Tatopatato 4 ай бұрын

@@zdenekcurda2022 yep

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

@@zdenekcurda2022 flash flood damage, to be more specific.

@imperishablestars33 4 ай бұрын

It' nothing but a money making scheme. Egypt is getting Japanese cash for this nonsense.

@hordenotnathan8387 4 ай бұрын

People trying not to destroy historic monuments challenge (impossible)

@hubertop1247 4 ай бұрын

Historic? Which period are you reffering to exactly, since they are reconstricting it as it was during its prime. It isnt prehistory when it was built

@peabase 4 ай бұрын

Most of the destruction took place before the 19th century. Builders considered the pyramids an inexpensive source of building material. The Colosseum in Rome endured the same fate.

@Ulexcool 4 ай бұрын

You meant conserving it, silly.

@andy2641 3 ай бұрын

everything nowadays is just historic monuments. why can’t we build cool things out of rock anymore 😢

@zsoltsorosi9950 4 ай бұрын

Jó látni, hogy újra elindult az építkezés 4000 év után :)

@ionwerks 4 ай бұрын

Why not? Leave the neighbouring edifices in their aged state and have one that shows how it stood on completion. It's no different to restoring gargoyles on Gothic churches.

@TheAArmstrong 4 ай бұрын

Tyrone from Chicago is gonna be very angry.

@greggegg8358 4 ай бұрын

We don't wanna upset him

@agt155 4 ай бұрын

They better put in an elevator and viewing deck.

@Dimitris4110 4 ай бұрын

Greece should do the same with Acropolis. As long as it can be faithfully restored to their original form I don't understand why such great ancient monuments should stay in ruin.

@user-pc2jp2yr3c 4 ай бұрын

It looks like they are digging down and uncovering a big stone foundation in this clip.

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

They are. That is all they are doing for now is exposing the granite, despite what people are saying. All the granite you see is original, they are going to evaluate putting the blocks back in place that have been torn down.

@nathanking8396 4 ай бұрын

So what people used to complain about was that people from outside nations would raid the tombs and put the objects in museums across the world giving none of the items back to Egypt. Now that Egypt is doing something with their pyramids, people are complaining. The internet is wild.

@aaron6963 3 ай бұрын

I don’t mind it being excavated but I don’t want it to be restored

@cdubya3071 4 ай бұрын

Why are they doing this? Where are their master plans on doing this? If they are real, what are they based on? Archeologists generally do not approve of this kind of “restoration”.

@RubenRodriguez-wi5ys 4 ай бұрын

Inaction is ridiculous, let the Egyptians restore or recover the glory of the proper look of the pyramid. Who cares if every stone it is in its original place ? the total impression will be much better than today's dilapidated and scattered stones around this magnificent building !

@just.play1ng 4 ай бұрын

The pyramids don't belong to the archeologists

@skeletonbuyingpealts7134 4 ай бұрын

I want a gold top

@Dog_gone_it 4 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@matthowardtv 4 ай бұрын

Great idea

@hivemistressherguineapigfa8563 4 ай бұрын

Can't they make it more authentically?

@dirtydancer8 4 ай бұрын

I think they should stop there and contrast a bit of the bright finished limestone to show what would have been. showing the original design

@ffejkk37 4 ай бұрын

They're trying to restart the reactor!

@mastermindd 4 ай бұрын

It's not a bad idea tbh

@Lupinthe3rd. 4 ай бұрын

i think people are outraged because they will no long be able to climb it

@pascalcarette7164 4 ай бұрын

sadly enough, climbing the pyramids have been forbidden since 1951

@Gman7007 3 ай бұрын

Why does that granite look like concrete

@samirmuhammad1781 4 ай бұрын

This is absolutely ridiculous.

@Ulexcool 4 ай бұрын

_Sparks Outrage Online = One person in Twitter ranting_ 🤣💀

@RAM-Shu 4 ай бұрын

Nice. Take care of your old things.

@lessgo1565 4 ай бұрын

The curse of the pharoah is on the way. 💀

@hunterhowe3205 4 ай бұрын

Remember that this is like cleaning up a gravestone, you wouldn't eant it to eventually just be a flat desert in thousand years would you?

@TheRedsAreRunning 4 ай бұрын

What's obsurd is the obscene animal abuse and the scammers that are allowed to harass you with police nearby and do nothing.

@Poemwriter_Angelo 4 ай бұрын

I have seen that video too Lol

@williamfallon8655 4 ай бұрын

How did the Egyptians cut and shape granite rock , answer they didn't.

@tombombadil6136 4 ай бұрын

Well done

@daltonroberts8692 4 ай бұрын

A worldwide icon degraded to look like a new, cheap imitation of its former self. Absolute travesty.

@michaelstapelberg7751 4 ай бұрын

so lets not fix the roof of notredame cathederal in paris then .. or is that different

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

The proposal is simply to put back in place the granite blocks that are currently strewn about the Menkaure pyramid.

@GodKing804 4 ай бұрын

Great now lets hide how it was made

@RiverRockXIII 4 ай бұрын

Is this real? Are they using the exact correct materials. This could be a huge mistake or a huge win. 😕

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

All they are actually doing is exposing the buried granite and then evaluating putting back in place the granite that has been torn down. No new material, as I understand it, despite what naysayers are claiming.

@Greenpoloboy3 4 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: These pyramids were actually built THOUSANDS of years ago....

@titteryenot4524 4 ай бұрын

You say that like you’ve just discovered that fact yourself! 🥴

@TMWT 4 ай бұрын

@@titteryenot4524 Bro just discovered Google lol

@Greenpoloboy3 4 ай бұрын

@@titteryenot4524 I did. I googled it

@Greenpoloboy3 4 ай бұрын

@@titteryenot4524 I researched it. Now sharing my findings. x

@ja3sk3adik55 4 ай бұрын

Some people are not allowed to own nice things.

@curlyhairdudeify 4 ай бұрын

All of the Aztec and Mayan pyramids have been restored. Egyptian should ignore the white-washing European purist criticizing it.

@winxclubstellamusa 3 ай бұрын

No, the new materials will damage and disrespect the old ones! I am Egyptian and I’m completely against this. The blocks they added aren’t even the same color as the pyramid, for f*ck’s sake!! And we can’t call everything “white-washing”, especially because us Egyptians are still in the white race, we are just the Mediterranean type of white, and pushing the narrative of otherwise is very ignorant and racist.

@Dude-zz9om 4 ай бұрын

Ze proberen volgens mij eerder weer wat te vinden met graven. Ik wens ze succes met bouwen, want mij lukt dat niet.

@houseplant1016 4 ай бұрын

The British were right, some countries indeed aren't capable of protecting their heritage

@Panthera-Uncia 4 ай бұрын

What does it do? Does it feed people? Does it cure diseases? You lot are just remarkably pretentious.

@ffotograffydd 4 ай бұрын

They are protecting it though, that’s the point.

@M_SC 4 ай бұрын

The historical context for that statement was when Egypt was under rule of the Turksz, the Ottoman Empire. People think everything in British museums is stolen but much was legally purchased for lots of money from the owners at the time, who were not ethnically Egyptian, it was the Turkish lords. The Egyptians literally couldn’t protect their heritage because they were conquered about 6 times and were not the rulers of their own lands. Their culture, too, changed. There are multiple ethnicities as well. All legitimately living there. saying it without this understanding is arrogant.

@NoWindNoSunNoPower 4 ай бұрын

@houseplant1016 The British are incapable of protecting their own heritage.

@luzr6613 4 ай бұрын

Rich indeed, given that the British looted the world in their Age of Empire.

@nfthairstyles 4 ай бұрын

I like it 😊

@MyAcer20 4 ай бұрын

its a nice idea but the work they have done so far is awful compared to the stonework the pyramid is build out of its no where near as pricice

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

The granite stone you see is literally the original stone. The Menkaure pyramid was covered 1/4 of the way up like this, and was partially destroyed about 800 years ago. All they are planning to do is dig down to expose the bottom of the pyramid, and are then considering putting the stone that has been torn down back in place.

@yaboil5217 3 ай бұрын

Yet it used to be limestone, not granite. Not to mention it looks like concrete, so they're basically destroying the last standing wonder of the ancient world. Not cool.

@Moh_ha 4 ай бұрын

Our generation destroyed everything 😢

@ramtharthegreat 4 ай бұрын

I mean, the people who originally did this damage to the pyramids were from a generation 800 years ago, and this generation is trying to fix it, but ok.

@Moh_ha 4 ай бұрын

@@ramtharthegreat We are trying to destroy it you mean by fixing it? because this will no longer look and feel the same

@Unobvious-sk7dp 4 ай бұрын

Peoples in the comment section is making me laugh because of their foolishness

@jamesshields6721 4 ай бұрын

Horrible idea if this is true

@terryboorman9301 4 ай бұрын

I think that project shows that the Egyptian people have a pride in their history, and want to restore a monument of history that was damaged a long time ago by persons that were unaware of the importance of their ancestors amazing achievements. I hope that this project keets going ahead.

@Daniel-jv1ku 4 ай бұрын

Actually, it's not the same Egyptian people. The original Egyptians are now a minority in their own land. The "mainstream" Egyptians are Arabs whose forefathers colonized the land.

@TimberlakeTigerGirl 4 ай бұрын

@@Daniel-jv1kuLet me guess; you think Egyptians are supposed to be black? Have you not actually studied Egyptian history? DNA tests have proven over and over again that Arabs have always inhabited Egypt alongside Africans and Europeans like Greeks and Macedonians. If you've seen ancient tablets depicting the people, you would see that Egypt was one of the first multiethnic, multicultural societies.

@1retdGI 4 ай бұрын

Too late for any banter or jostling about it. It's a done deal. It'll probably look great when finished (like a fresh coat of paint -LOL)

@Poemwriter_Angelo 4 ай бұрын

Not sure if i like this..

@warcraftlake7 4 ай бұрын

Just a dirty pile of bricks. Sucks less than yhr mona lisa though.

@30MinuteMusics 4 ай бұрын

Wait till the illuminati finds out about this

@thl205 4 ай бұрын

I don't care either way. We know what they look like now, maybe it might look more interesting closer to its original state

@jane9195 4 ай бұрын

DESTROYING THE PYRAMIDS ,YOU DESTROY THE EARTH , and LIFE.

@Nirrata 4 ай бұрын

🤘😎 🎉 😁👍 👏😊 🤝🤠

@user-hh7bl8pw6q 4 ай бұрын

I don’t think visitors would like to see a modern revival, leave it as is

@levikarnehm1986 4 ай бұрын

What visitors want should be the lowest concern.

@TimberlakeTigerGirl 4 ай бұрын

They are restoring it to what it once does. It's Egypt's decision not visitors.

@user-hh7bl8pw6q 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely, for that reason, Japan is funding the project, and wazeri brought all foreign media, this effort is done not for the Egyptian people, it’s done for visitors and their dollars!@@TimberlakeTigerGirl

@Dimitris4110 4 ай бұрын

I'd pay top money to see it in its original glory instead of a ruin.

@mathewmcfool 4 ай бұрын

back away from the pyramid, sir i said BACK AWAY from the pyramid

@donshilo2024 4 ай бұрын

This has to be the worst video i have ever seen!

@TristanMorrow 4 ай бұрын

Actually, outer casing was dazzling white limestone...not granite :-/ This is like building a TRUMP tower around the Leaning Tower of Piza -- straight-up gilding the lily

@Callaghan552 4 ай бұрын

That is the Great Pyramid in Giza. This is a different pyramid.

@pascalcarette7164 4 ай бұрын

You are right, white limestone with a golden top