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thought that they should exist.
Already in the late 1630s, the English scholar and traveler

John Greaves noted that the casing had largely been removed.
The destruction of the pyramid lasted well into the 19th century,
when Muhammad Ali Pasha (1805-1848) used some of the pink
granite blocks taken from its casing to construct the arsenal in
Alexandria.
The Three Queen's Pyramids

Notable on the Giza Plateau are the three much smaller
subsidiary that stand in a row along the south wall of the
principal pyramid. Designated G 3a-c, archaeologist attribute
them to Menkaure's royal consorts. Of these, only G 3a was a
true pyramid, the other two having a four step core, and some
Egyptologists believe that it functioned as a cult pyramid, though
it was also clearly used for a burial. All three of these pyramids
were surrounded by a common perimeter wall.

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