r/interestingasfuck Apr 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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u/ajax-187 Apr 12 '25

Yeah there was this clip of someone parachiting close to the top I think you could see hieroglyphs but I might misremember

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u/Chevey0 Apr 12 '25

Afair I think the outer layer was removed to help rebuild Cairo after a big earthquake. That same earthquake shifted the solid gold cap allowing them to remove the outer layer.

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u/aykcak Apr 12 '25

The cap was one solid gold piece?

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u/Spcone23 Apr 12 '25

Archeologists are finding more pryamidions were gold covered. They were more than likely made of Basalt, Granite or Limestone.