Video showing renovation of Egyptian pyramid triggers anger

Work to restore layer of granite that once covered ancient structure described as absurdity'

A video showing renovation work to reface in Egypt's Menkaure pyramid in granite has triggered criticism of the project, with one expert decrying its absurdity".

In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, showed workers setting blocks of granite on the base of the pyramid, which sits besides the sphinx and the larger Khafre and Cheops pyramids at Giza. He called it the project of the century".