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Copper
Yes. The Statue of Liberty's skin is copper, and it was a reddish brown when dedicated in 1886. Air and moisture gradually formed the green patina we see today, which now protects the metal underneath.
2,500
Cleopatra lived closer to the 1969 Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid. The pyramid was already about 2,500 years old when she was born.
4,000
A surviving population of woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island while Egyptians were building the Great Pyramid. These Arctic animals persisted until about 4,000 years ago, long after most mainland populations disappeared.