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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. (thelemmy.club)
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[-] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

When kids were shown the white marble buildings in ancient Rome on TV and history books and whatnot, and then end up thinking that's how it was, instead of with colourful paint - if that is disturbing to you, you must have been a rather recent arrival on earth, no?

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