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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.
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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
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the limestone was clearly already used as building material.... why would they demolish a nice building for the limestone only to rebuild it but worse
Gotta learn when the joke is spent my man
it's spent when nobody replies anymore