This is where the jokingly called [History for Granite] channel on YouTube has now pitched some new ideas, involving the casing stones that used to fully cover the Pyramid of Khafre, prior to ...

Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass write of Khafre: "He was, after all, perhaps the greatest maker of statues of the Pyramid Age. There are emplacements in his pyramid temples for 58 statues, including ...

This is where the jokingly called [History for Granite] channel on YouTube has now pitched some new ideas, involving the casing stones that used to fully cover the Pyramid of Khafre, prior to ...

King Khufu, who is also known by the greek name "Cheops," was the father of pyramid building at Giza ... due to the loss of the outer casing stones. Total Weight: 6.5 million tons Average Weight ...

The Great Pyramid, built around 2570 BCE for Pharaoh Khufu, originally had a smooth limestone casing and a pyramidion at its peak. Over millennia, these features eroded, exposing the core stones.

The workers would’ve essentially sanded down the surface of each stone, leaving no discernible marks. “At Giza, you can see ...