The Great Pyramid

The exterior of the structures were originally covered while, particularly in regard to the great pyramid, with white tural limestone. And they certainly would have been incredibly brilliant to look at in the middle of the day. Even at night, the moon shining on these things, the casing stones would have been absolutely brilliant. There is some speculation about the capston of the great pyramid possibly having been made from electrum, which is an amalgam of gold and silver. I don't think there was ever a chapstone on the great pyramid. But there's a reason for that that's coming up, that i explain in the second, the second book in the series.

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