The pyramids at Giza looked very different when they were first built
Pyramid of Khafre (left) and the Great Pyramid of Giza, Oct. 2018 (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty) |
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What beacons of light must have appeared? |
This block is the only casing stone from the Great Pyramid, [speculated to have been] built by King Khufu around 2550 BC, to be publicly displayed outside of Egypt,
- (The Egyptian government is contesting the Scottish museum’s rights to the stone. The museum asserts that it has the appropriate permissions and documents).
- The world's largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Mexico, hidden by Catholics
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The outer casing (nms.ac.uk) |
When it was first built, its ascending layers of huge limestone blocks -- which today give it a somewhat jagged appearance -- were hidden by a smooth layer of fine white limestone.
This layer concealed the pyramid’s core and gave its surface a perfect, sloping smooth finish, gleaming white in the powerful desert sunlight -- a ramp rather than stairway to heaven. More
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