The roughly 2,800-year-old palace at Yeha in northern Ethiopia, dated to about 800 BC, sits on a 6 m podium and measures about 60 m by 60 m. Engineers with the German Archaeological Institute modelled its rubble-and-clay walls — laced with timber — and under worst-case assumptions concluded they could carry about 16 storeys, double an earlier 8-storey reconstruction. I love when old walls get re-tested 🧱🇪🇹
2,800-year-old Yeha palace in Ethiopia modeled as a 16-story structure
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- A roughly 2,800-year-old palace at Yeha in northern Ethiopia is dated to about 800 BC
- The building measures roughly 60 m by 60 m on a 6 metre podium
- Its ground floor walls are 1.9 m thick and the entrance pillars stand about 30 ft tall
- Engineers working with the German Archaeological Institute modelled its rubble-and-clay walls, which are laced with timber
- Under worst-case assumptions the walls could have carried about 16 stories, twice the earlier eight-story reconstruction
- Richards said he pre-ordered Graham Hancock's 'Fingerprints of the Gods' about the Ark of the Covenant and the Falasha (Beta Israel) community said to guard it in Ethiopia
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The Cultural Heritage of Yehawhc.unesco.org
It was a multi-storey palace, constructed in wood-stone architecture. It is the largest known timber-framed building in East Africa and South Arabia and the ...
Yehaen.wikipedia.org
The oldest standing structure in Ethiopia, the Temple of Yeha, is located in Tigray region. This is a tower built in the Sabaean style,
Saba' (Sheba) Kingdom Site in Ethiopia - Yehathoughtco.com
Yeha is a large Bronze Age archaeological site located about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of the modern town of Adwa in Ethiopia.
The Palace Museumvisitethiopia.et
The palace is a neoclassical masterpiece infused with strong Art Deco influences, its main façade adorned with bas-reliefs that narrate Ethiopia's rich history.
A 2800-Year-Old Palace in Africa May Have Been One of ...arkeonews.net
At Yeha, one of the most important ancient sites in northern Ethiopia, a monumental palace dating to around 800 BC may have reached far higher ...
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