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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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[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago

Right! Those white Greek marble busts used to be fully painted. But we only think of them as plain white sculptures.