@tictac2 to Mildly Interesting • 2 years agoThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agoimagemessage-square46arrow-up11.02Karrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years ago@tictac2 to Mildly Interesting • 2 years agomessage-square46cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredaedlinkfedilink4•2 years agoAre we sure they built it like that 1500 years ago? Churches can suck down in the span of only a few hundred years.
minus-square@Treczokslink1•2 years agoThe whole thing is basically a wall-clad hill. heaping one stone onto another is something they managed even thousands of years ago. And the climate (it is an oasis in the desert) is dry enought to keep it from eroding.
Are we sure they built it like that 1500 years ago? Churches can suck down in the span of only a few hundred years.
Wikipedia says it was built around the 5th century
The whole thing is basically a wall-clad hill. heaping one stone onto another is something they managed even thousands of years ago. And the climate (it is an oasis in the desert) is dry enought to keep it from eroding.