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sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

that the ottomans had plans to use the giza pyramids as a quarry

Close, Mohammed Ali had this idea who was independent ruler but on paper was still ruling under ottoman empire. Luckily A french advisor convinced him that it would be cheaper to get the stones from elsewhere.

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