To: nuconvert
They liked round structures. Well, so do Christians and Muslims. Probably some superstition behind the lack of corners.
13 posted on
05/16/2004 12:00:56 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: RightWhale
well, the sun and the moon are round.......
15 posted on
05/16/2004 12:05:13 PM PDT by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: RightWhale
Weren't the round houses/graves on the Indo-European steppes called
Kurgans."The town and the term is Russian for tumulus, the distinctive mound-grave of the nomadic culture to whom the name Kurgan was given."
16 posted on
05/16/2004 12:20:39 PM PDT by
blam
To: RightWhale
Circular structures give you greater area to perimeter than do squares. Thus a circular structre needs much less building material than a square one would. It's not as easy to stack boxes in, however.
29 posted on
05/17/2004 9:34:09 AM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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