I remembet reading something about how The Pyramids used to be white, but Europeans stole the stones they were covered with so now they’re that color. Take this with a grain of salt tho, I’m not sure if it’s actually true.
Europeans did not steal them, locals did and re-used them. But yes, they used to be cladded with brilliant white limestone with a gold cap at the top.
They would have looked similar to this:
After the sun itself, it would be the brightest thing any Egyptian would be likely to see. Which was sort of the point. You can sort of think of it as the path the Pharaoh would take to the sun.
I remembet reading something about how The Pyramids used to be white, but Europeans stole the stones they were covered with so now they’re that color. Take this with a grain of salt tho, I’m not sure if it’s actually true.
Europeans did not steal them, locals did and re-used them. But yes, they used to be cladded with brilliant white limestone with a gold cap at the top.
They would have looked similar to this:
After the sun itself, it would be the brightest thing any Egyptian would be likely to see. Which was sort of the point. You can sort of think of it as the path the Pharaoh would take to the sun.
Damn, it looks so smooth.