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To: wildbill; SunkenCiv

Interesting that the aliens had the high technology to come all the way here to build things— but didn’t know how to make a true arch.


7 posted on 07/24/2014 4:38:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Interesting that the aliens had the high technology to come all the way here to build things— but didn’t know how to make a true arch.

Interesting comment. I've seen a reconstruction of what may be one of the earliest arches ever built, at Ephesus. Even my guide didn't understand the function of a keystone.

However, at a Hittite site in Central Turkey, I saw a tunnel through an earthen berm that had surrounded a Hittite city. The people had built the tunnel through the berm, possibly as a sally-port. It was obvious that they'd put up a wooden form, placed rocks on the form, then driven a triangular stone down as a keystone before pulling out the form, then building up the berm.

It's not just the aliens. The Greeks and Egyptians never had true arches, either.

8 posted on 07/24/2014 5:03:43 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
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