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The Giza pyramid casing stones thing finally made sense to me
I always thought the pyramids were basically built as we see them now, rough blocks and all. Then I read a paper about the Tura limestone casing and how reflective it was, reflecting sunlight so bright it could be seen from miles, that changed my whole view of what they looked like when new. Anyone else have a specific detail that flipped how they picture an old site?
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bennett.claire29d ago
That reminds me of a buddy who went to see Stonehenge and came back kind of annoyed. He said he'd always pictured giant smooth slabs standing in a circle, all clean and perfect. Then he found out the whole thing was probably covered in carvings and had wood posts and stuff around it, not just the lonely rocks sitting in a field. He said it was like finding out your favorite old photo had a completely different background the whole time. I get the same thing with Roman statues, since they were painted in bright colors and we just see bare white marble now. Hard to unsee once you know.
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