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Futueteipsum7 t1_ixqkhfk wrote

Probably generally true.

The more you know about any period or culture though the less you’re bound by such stereotypes. Egyptian and Roman towns and medieval cathedrals, all now bare stone, were riots of color. As Jimmy Carr says, “we think, ‘Oh, they lived in ruins!’ Well, not at the time!”

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