>>3734724the actual answer to this one is because it's a "scene that has not been possible to capture for centuries" due to the long occupation of the region
which isn't to say it's actually *worth* that, there is plenty of fluff and laundering in the art world, but that's the ~message~ of the piece and the egregious amount of editing.
It was a concept piece in 1999 before normies (the art world is full of them, btw) even knew what the clone or heal tools were
It's a huge meme, but so are all of you that can't figure out that incredibly bland narrative immediately
