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Pyramid of Menkaure

Description: The Pyramid of Menkaure is like a little gem among the great pyramids of the Giza Plateau. The well-preserved granite casing stones at the bottom of the Pyramid, as well as the extraordinary interior structure, and the temple built of the huge limestone blocks, make it unique among others. Some scientists explain the specific location of the internal passages and chambers by the construction process which took a few stages. However, not all researchers support that idea. In 1837, Colonel Howard Vyse and the British engineer and Egyptologist John Shae Perring became the first explorers to get inside the Pyramid, but it turned out to be empty. The most valuable discovered items were the fragments of human bones and a well-polished basalt sarcophagus. Unfortunately, on the way to England, it sank with the ship in the Mediterranean Sea off the Spanish coast.
Alternative names: Third Pyramid,Pyramid of Mykerinos
Lepsius No: 9
Type: True Pyramid
Location: Giza Plateau
Country: Egypt

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