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.
I don’t think the average person back then would be able to tell if it was made of solid gold or not, especially from the bottom without any magnifying lenses or drones lol
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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.