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"Forecourt of Karnak Temple" by David Roberts (circa 1830)

Here we can see what was to happen inevitably to those giant columns. I wonder why the preservationists were unable to restore these columns back to their former glory. My common sense tells me that these giant blocks of stone were more than likely carted off by locals and used as building materials, forever losing them to man's use.