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Submitted by | h_fenton |
Added | Nov 18 2007 |
Hits | 1964 |
Votes | 1 |
Description
A wall of odd shaped blocks that are shaped to fit together perfectly.
Posted Comments:
davidmorgan (2007-11-19)
I believe it's an anti-earthquake technique, you find it in a lot of tectonically active areas (including all over Lycia).
aluta (2007-11-19)
Mycenae, Kefalonia, places in Italy, Albania, Lebanon, Easter Island, Peru--seems to have been a technique used in a number of places worldwide. There must have been a knack to it and as Mr. Morgan points out, an advantage in doing it that makes it worth the extra work.
h fenton (2007-11-19)
I did wonder if this construction method was to minimise earthquake damage, this was the only building constructed like it that I noticed, so warranted a quick photo.
davidmorgan (2007-12-03)
Here's one 70km away at Oinoanda...
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=35303
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=35303
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