CAIRO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The plan of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) to clad the Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the famed three pyramids of Giza, with granite blocks raised debate in the country as some archeologists are concerned it would ruin the originality of the 4,500-year-old monument.
SCA Secretary General Mostafa Waziri posted a video on Jan. 25 at the pyramid announcing the project, which he referred to as the "Project of the Century" and "Egypt's Gift to the World."
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