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Casing stones are largely missing from large pyramids of the Old Kingdom, but a few precious sections remain intact. At the highest courses of the second-largest pyramid of Egypt (Khafre), the casing stones remain in-place and well preserved. However, because these stones remain inaccessible and out of sight, nobody has ever taken a survey of their layout. This video maps the arrangement of these casing stones for the very first time, revealing new insights into how large pyramids were originally constructed. It’s time for Egypt to fully document every casing stone so that this critical piece of history can be fully understood. World Scan Project Photogrammetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPYzgoHrSIY 0:00 Intro 1:08 Khafre's Pyramid damage 2:23 Pyramid summit close-ups 4:01 Mapping casing stones 5:36 Tall pyramid courses 6:20 Missing top 7:20 West face diagram 8:17 Corner stones 9:37 South face diagram 11:06 North face diagram 12:40 Tapered small blocks 14:12 South face construction clues 15:24 East face diagram 16:03 Finishing the job