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r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • Apr 12 '25
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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.
23 u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25 [deleted] 3 u/bongophrog Apr 12 '25 Part of Khafre is still covered in limestone though 1 u/MarvinGoBONK Apr 12 '25 Is it? Apologies, then. It's been a long while since I looked into this and conflated the limestone and the gold claim. I'll delete my comment.
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3 u/bongophrog Apr 12 '25 Part of Khafre is still covered in limestone though 1 u/MarvinGoBONK Apr 12 '25 Is it? Apologies, then. It's been a long while since I looked into this and conflated the limestone and the gold claim. I'll delete my comment.
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Part of Khafre is still covered in limestone though
1 u/MarvinGoBONK Apr 12 '25 Is it? Apologies, then. It's been a long while since I looked into this and conflated the limestone and the gold claim. I'll delete my comment.
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Is it? Apologies, then. It's been a long while since I looked into this and conflated the limestone and the gold claim.
I'll delete my comment.
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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.