Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeriash.itjust.worksimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1578arrow-down13 cross-posted to: mena@lemm.ee
arrow-up1575arrow-down1imageThe Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeriash.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square51linkfedilink cross-posted to: mena@lemm.ee
minus-squareIndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoHow does it keep from being submerged in sand? The ground around the ksar is a different shade, is that what prevents piling? Or is the area bereft of wind? Did they build the area underneath or is it naturally occurring? I have too many questions!
minus-squareOhmsLawn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoI’m imagining one poor caretaker with a leaf blower lol
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYou would build a castle in the desert on a natural aquifier too, no? There might have been an oasis long before this was built.
How does it keep from being submerged in sand? The ground around the ksar is a different shade, is that what prevents piling? Or is the area bereft of wind? Did they build the area underneath or is it naturally occurring? I have too many questions!
I’m imagining one poor caretaker with a leaf blower lol
Broom*
Fine. A broom blower.
maybe what we see is just the tip
You would build a castle in the desert on a natural aquifier too, no? There might have been an oasis long before this was built.