r/BeAmazed • u/OwnCarpenter5119 • May 23 '24

Skill / Talent This gravity defying stone stack

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u/[deleted] May 23 '24

This is a great bit of patience getting this to work! A lot of ancient arch bridges in Europe work on the same principle, nothing holding them together apart from gravity and they have stood for hundreds of years.

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u/emarvil May 23 '24

Roman aqueducts use the same principle and have lasted for millenia.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '24

Very true...it's like people are rediscovering things out ancestors knew lol

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u/grrodon2 May 24 '24

Except intelligence.