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Great stuff, it looks incredibly well rendered! I'm surprised the original city centre square was preserved, but all the original pyramids were knocked down, w

• defrost 3y ago
  Given they'd been already cut and shaped to a portable size it was easier to take those stones than to cut and craft new ones. The casing stones from the much larger Egyptian pyramids were all scavenged several centuries ago: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/06/the-great-pyramid-of-giza-was-once-covered-in-highly-polished-white-limestone-before-it-was-removed-to-build-mosques-and-fortresses/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/06/the-great-pyramid-...
• usrusr 3y ago
  A nice illustration of how the ubiquity of cheap fossil-based transport and manufacturing has completely skewed our perception. Of course it's easier to pick stones from a convenient pile that's already where you need it, even if it perhaps requires some banging at them to get them loose. Most convenient quarry on the continent, likely the exact reason why you started building in the vicinity in the first place. But I'm certainly not immune to perception through those petrol-colored sunglasses myself, please don't read this as "look at that fool!"
• avar 3y ago
  > was it really worth the effort just to get those stones? It wasn't just to get building materials. You don't want a giant monument to gods that demanded human sacrifice as a prominent part of the skyline when you're trying to convert the local heathens to Christianity.