Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat
Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat ...
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Venice Is an Upside-Down Forest. Startling Engineering Has Kept City Afloat With Just Wood for More Than 1,600 Years.
Venice continues to stun researchers by standing on several wooden piles from trees like larch, oak, alder, pine, spruce, and ...
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Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat
Emmanuel Lafont/BBC The wood, soil and water all combine to ... only and are not a true representation of the timber pile foundations under Venice, which are tightly packed and do not have ...