The pyramids are one of the great spectacles of the Egyptian
history. They are one of the seven wonders of the world.
The stereotypical vision of the Egyptian Pyramids are large mountain like
brown piles of stone uprooting from the desert having a rough
contour. Though when first constructed around 2500 BC. The
pyramids were paper white and as smooth as glass, toping the
pyramid was a golden capstone that gleamed in the desert sun.
It was an amazing spectacle. The pyramids somewhat stayed in
this state until the Arab invasion of Egypt around AD 500.
The Arab invaders stripped the pyramid of it's smooth
limestone and built a huge section of Cairo. Many of the
Mosques and Palaces of Cairo consist of the Ancient stones of
the pyramids. Quite sad actually. |
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