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This is good to know since one of my concerns is that once I buy that plane ticket to Greece, an earthquake will level the Parthenon the day before I arrive. This calms my fears.Parthenon yields clues to quake-proof design
That is pretty cool. The folks out in california could probably learn some architectural lessons from the ancient Greeks.On a side note, I wonder how much it would cost to build something like the Parthenon using the same methods today? Both the Ancient Greeks and Romans knew how to build stuff to make it last. In Italy last month we drove under an ancient acqueduct and there is a Roman acqueduct in Spain that is still in use. Segovia # 1, Segovia # 2
I can't remember if I mentioned it here or not, but I know the Romans overbuilt stuff, and I'm sure the Greeks did as well. The example I heard is about how you can probably find a neighbor who had a pool or something built in the 1990s that has cracks in it already, while Roman engineering will still be strong. Why is this? It's because they did much more than was necessary to build structures and they last a long time. I bet he Parthenon was also built like this to withstand major jolts.
Yeah and the Titanic was unsinkable. If it's man made, it can be destroyed by Mother Nature…..she always wins out in the end.
