Study of the geomaterials used in the building of the main bath of Hadrian's 2nd c. A.D. 'Temple of Venus'. Too technical a reading maybe, but the secret to how this building has remained standing despite hundreds of earthquakes seems to be two: scoria (volcanic hard but porous rock) used in all ingredients and somewhat imperfectly crushed lime for the mortar and concrete.
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Innovative Roman Building: Geomaterials, Construction Technology and Architecture of the Roman Temple of Venus (Phlegraean Fields, Italy) - Geoheritage
The aim of this research is to characterize the geomaterials used for the construction of the Temple of Venus, located in the Phlegraean Fields are...
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β€œFor the historian of the year 3000, where will fanaticism lie? Where, the oppression of man by man? In the thirteenth century or the twentieth?” β€” Regine Pernoud, Those Terrible Middle Ages, 1975 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6507e65578a02603f70be945e3f46aea158e89e4188433af96c4856beb02ba5d.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5ad2525907053d46c3cc095f7c9da6d8115cb9a9b5e1b64fb0e84d17c9e08637.file
RT @PGaches@twitter.com: Early British Plasterwork is undergoing a renaissance with us creating several new ceilings a year now. New ones booked in for 2026 keep watching this space. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ac00c09ffe77b28511545c3d7157ac560a4e851d317d92ae335bb44b4a66e34f.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7c4d5ef5b9a03307c5bcfafe06c385025d5491c65efba4f0063af6491a663b9f.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3ada2f7fd1b0d3d6d54b4c33e0bcb820d935a4601d2c1e0ad806bd3b0b075ace.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/74c4668a4cfa6c04acb3c4dffaf0b3cd33b5eda9f9bd6fd0f61203dac387c91a.file
Order is the first duty of the state. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/dc7ee39464bbe4659ef6340ed9cfda2173f855fd89d7a77252fbfd3c84e3ddd6.file
Welfare has turned into a scam and the only way to fix it is to cancel it for at least two full human generations. Bandaids and reforms won't work anymore. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8ad9fdbabb5307400f521fe8e3ecc033324aef492fb3f9855e345e7300bf7b61.file
Monticchiello, Tuscany. A village of about 200. This is what sustainable small town life could look like. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/74311148fcede76055e5c6932e4f8490cdfc94cc1229822268deeae90b3a5d69.file
Lewis and Sharon Watson hand built the solid stone walls of this 1260ftΒ² / 118mΒ² single story home in 1973. It took them a month and a half from pile of rocks to finished walls with zero experience or machinery. Rocks were free but the mortar was store bought. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4f0118710242ff3a1f5ed1809287b336ed2c77e4d8975f95a088d29f95e15e8d.file
Built between 1815-1830, the six to seven story buildings around the Place de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon are all made of rammed earth. The tallest rammed earth apartment buildings in the world, up to 25m tall, with individual room ceiling heights of 3.5-4m. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/357f71effdd31a66e48c96c810b36ae3678b5dd024d413de8f18ffc0f7be5d0c.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a31d359f51aa287e65444c90df2afcb4ed4da73d6cf9d5b83bcbace3a00ec63d.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8592ccddda390165e9daf34b69817435f1ca428d4598844a4665399966834e25.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/eb1a6db1328c1d2d1e1f9642089607761f41aa1668ed55d78a3d0db7f6952f3e.file
L'Eglise Saint Gervais et Protais de Charancieu, France, built in 1862 to replace an 11th century chapel built upon the site of a 1st century Roman temple. While the clock tower ("Sophie") and one of the gables are made of stone, the church itself is a rammed earth structure. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5977c038737c9e0d164e85320ea159caa1bc176b1067edcbed3a114762e5fc20.file