The
pyramid of Menkaura is the third highest of the three pyramids on the Giza plateau
on the outskirts of Cairo. The most noticeable feature is the
cladding around the base of pink granite blocks that reaches part-way
up the pyramid. It's not certain whether or not this actually
reached all the way up the pyramid,
there's not enough blocks sitting at the base to cover it,
however, with granite being a more "premium" rock than the
limestone that the most of the pyramid is made of, it may well
have been carried away in the past for other purposes. There
have been a few thousand years for this to happen, after all.
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