Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeriash.itjust.worksimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1544
arrow-up1544imageThe Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeriash.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareAnnaWright@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·3 months 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-up23·3 months agoI’m imagining one poor caretaker with a leaf blower lol
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agomaybe what we see is just the tip
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months 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.