eli5 why ancient historical buildings haven’t been kept up? Why are buildings like the Parthenon and the Colosseum in such disrepair? Greece and Rome/Italy have existed the entire time?
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Many ancient “pagan” structures were treated by subsequent (Christian) generations as quarries. The Giza pyramids were finished of in gleaming white limestone it was entirely stripped off.
The Temple of Artemis at the ancient city of Ephesus, had much of it’s marble cladding removed and used in Churches.
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