German town wants its own Great Pyramid

What to do when you have an economically depressed east German backwater? Here’s an idea:

The pharaohs may have set the standard, but German entrepreneurs are hoping to challenge Egypt’s pre-eminence in monumental self-indulgence by building the world’s largest pyramid.

The pyramid of tombstones planned at Dessau

They have secured €90,000 (£61,000) in state funding to assess the feasibility of building a 1,600ft tall “Great Pyramid” near the town of Dessau, in the impoverished east German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

OK. Whatever….It WILL be interesting to see if it gets off the ground at all.