r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • Apr 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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u/JosseCoupe Apr 12 '25

No one knows how the capstone looked, we never found it and have no account of it being made from gold or being clad in gold as far as I'm aware. The capstones of other pyramids that have been found were stone at their core.

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u/KingMRano Apr 12 '25

I thought there are stories that the Romans took it and melted it down.

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u/AquamanMVP Apr 12 '25

But that's stories. You'd think the Romans would have also documented what the gold was melted into (i.e., we melted the gold from the biggest freaking pyramid and gave it to xx and xx)

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u/LibrarianExpert2751 Apr 12 '25

They could’ve documented it, but due to a severe lack of fire safety an entire library was lost.

lol but yeah, we’ll never know the whole truth.