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What's the purpose of the multitude of labyrinth like mini rooms around the edges? Hard to get an idea of size, but the don't look practical for much.
Those are likely suites of rooms. You can kind of see the partitions of larger areas before it becomes maze like.
As a palace, accommodations for residents and guests would need to account for entire family size, as well as potential retinue.
I'm not am expert, but it seems that along with the walls thickness, it was one of the methods to keep the heat out and staying cool inside.
Another thing re: wall thickness to think about is there wasn't steel-reinforced anything, and in an area without lots of trees, there wasn't much solid timber for beams either. So you get "structural brick" which has to be much thicker on the lower floors than the brick facades you see today, on buildings with steel support beams. Structural brick makes for FAT walls esp if it's supporting a 2nd story.
If you take a closer look, they are actually quite spacious
Privacy and to confuse invaders. Also, to maintain a solid structure that can hold up the roof. They have to build a structure system for the roof, no matter what. They're making the best of it.
It was a brothel.
They did not invent roofs yet
Did anyone else think it was cardboard miniature at first?
Which room did Neo stay in?
I'm having a hard time finding the accuracy of this reconstruction. Is it on the same location as the original?
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/world/middleeast/03babylon.html
No the reconstructed structure is a little away from the original site You read the details here![https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/babylon-iraq-saddam-hussein
Ooo I learned about this place in The Matrix!
Holy shit it looks like dwarf fortress!
I'm pretty sure this is an exact replica of my last fortress
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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