Menkaura Pyramid
The external structure of the red granite of the third pyramid of Giza – Menkaura:
These are the stones of the outer structure of the lower hill of the pyramid of Menkaure, with a stone interlock system. It is a more solid quality than the stones of the external structure of the two-thirds of the pyramid at the top.
This technique is the difference in the quality of the stone of the external structure of the pyramid that covers the bottom from the one covered with the rest of the pyramid has also been used with the pyramid of Khafre, unlike the Great Pyramid of Khufu, where its entire external structure is made of white limestone.