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Insane granite block beneath the floor of the Sphinx Temple! What is a 70 ton block doing here?

Beneath the floor of the Sphinx Temple lies a massive 70-ton granite block - far heavier than anything nearby. In this video, ...
Yahoo

Rebuilding granite blocks around pyramid ‘as absurd as straightening the Tower of Pisa’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Granite blocks are being installed alongside the Pyramid of Menkaure in a bid to restore it A plan to cover a Giza pyramid with ...
The New York Times

Plan to Resurface a Pyramid in Granite Draws Heated Debate

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 ...
UPI

Granite blocks arrive for MLK memorial

BALTIMORE, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The 159 granite blocks that will make up Washington's memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are finally on U.S. soil, officials of the King project said. The ...
The Spokesman-Review

Then and Now: Granite and Paulsen buildings

The Granite Block, one of the first buildings completed after the Great Fire of 1889 that destroyed the downtown area, was financed by the Dutch Hypotheek Bank, a mortgage company which had invested ...