During the excavation the quartz stones which had fallen forward from the mound were built into a dazzling white facade after experimentation and analysis of how the stones fell indicated that a tall, steep outer wall was the most likely method of construction originally, though this wall fell within hundreds of years after the tomb was finished.

During the excavation the quartz stones which had fallen forward from the mound were built into a dazzling white facade after experimentation and analysis of how the stones fell indicated that a tall, steep outer wall was the most likely method of construction originally, though this wall fell within hundreds of years after the tomb was finished.