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ooli3@sopuli.xyzM to archeology@sopuli.xyz · 1 month ago

When a Roman mosaic was discovered in modern-day Turkey, it was found to be so well made that it preserved the wave of an earthquake without breaking the pattern.

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When a Roman mosaic was discovered in modern-day Turkey, it was found to be so well made that it preserved the wave of an earthquake without breaking the pattern.

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  • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    I’d say it was small enough that the quake didn’t have any effect on the pebbles. if those were bricks they would have cracked. still amazing regardless

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      If it were bricks it wouldn’t be mosaic.

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        very…very true.

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    looks more like ground settling unevenly than the effects of any earthquake

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      Cool. Archeologists say it was earthquakes so… https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/this-is-not-a-huge-carpet-but-the-worlds-largest-mosaic-unearthed-in-turkey

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        but what do the geologists say

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          • Zachariah
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            and what about the fox

            what does it say

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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Imagine riding a skateboard there. Mosaic surfin’.

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    Before reading the title, I thought it was a huge carpet.

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    Back when shit was made to last. I feel like anything built in the last 100 years will be long gone before the next hundred is up.

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      That is kinda survivour bias though. Almost all old stuff didn’t last either.

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        Name one product made in the last 50 years that had survived longer than 100 years. I’m waiting

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        Sure. Not like the pyramids and the aqueducts are still standing or anything. I get what you are saying, but also, quality has dropped in so many areas in the name of cheaper and faster.

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