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This is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold. (lemmy.today)

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[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe it’s generally accepted that they were usually capped with electrum, not gold. Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of mostly gold and silver, with some copper or platinum and other metals.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

It looks like gold though