Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat
Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat ...
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Archaeologists take on excavation of ancient wooden vessels discovered under fish pond
Archaeologists take on excavation of ancient wooden vessels discovered under fish pond. (photo credit: Vietnam’s Institute of Archaeology) Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology in ...
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Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat
Transverse wooden ... bridges, which again are close to water. Water gates in China were built with friction piles too. The Aztecs used them in Mexico City, until the Spanish came, tore down the ...