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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.nz)
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[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 16 hours ago

Feels quite secondary to the "I have the biggest" contest that we saw later with cathedrals and now skyscrapers.