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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by musingsole on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:21PM (#19675478)
I've heard of buildings built on top of others before. Is it commonly because the buildings have actually sunk into the ground or are they somehow pushed?
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by dmitriid on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:31PM (#19675563)
It’s apparently called sediment accumulation.

If you can suffer through Quora, some answers there:

- https://www.quora.com/How-were-ancient-cities-built-on-top-o...

- https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ground-level-of-Ancient-Rom...

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