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To: Consort
Julius Caesar saw the pyramids of Egypt and he wanted a set of his own.

correct me if wrong but i heard the romans removes the limestone or other material from the piramids and taken to rome,not the big stones,but something like tiles on the outside of the piramid,someone with better knowledge will explained better.

12 posted on 05/02/2003 11:25:19 PM PDT by green team 1999
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To: green team 1999
i heard the romans removes the limestone or other material from the piramids and taken to rome,not the big stones,but something like tiles on the outside

Virtually all of the stone in Roman construction -- both structural and cladding over brick or rubble core -- is travertine, quarried in the suburban village of Tibur (modern-day Tivoli).

29 posted on 05/02/2003 11:48:17 PM PDT by Romulus
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