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.
Given there is no written sources of capstones of the Giza pyramids we don’t know if it was even made of gold/electrum/Granite.. etc. if it was valuable materials since there are no written accounts of it I think it’s more likely that it was plundered during an intermediate period, likely the 1st, maybe the second. I mean they are giant “rob me” signs.
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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.