A project to restore the granite blocks that once covered much of the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza has been criticized by some conservationists. One Internet comment that was widely picked up by news organizations compared it to trying to "right the Tower of Pisa" Others worried that covering the pyramid's well-known limestone walls with new cladding would have the effect of turning the historic Giza plateau into an ersatz Disneyland.
The initiative was announced by Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.