Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

Note Note 7 — Chapter II

Amelia B. Edwards translation

(7) A usual plan in early times was to dress the joint faces of the block in the quarry, leaving its outer face with a rough excess of a few inches; the excess still remains on the granite casing of the pyramid of Menkara, and the result of dressing it away may be seen in the corners of the granite temple at Gizeh.

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