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Re:The houses built to survive floods by malux85 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @10:53AM (#38613819)
I often wondered about long term constructions, what structure would last for thousands of years? What structure would last against tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, lightning?

Isn’t the answer a pyramid?

Now the problem is it’s made of enormous heavy stones, but practicality aside, isn’t a stone pyramid a perfect structure for surviving all natural disasters?

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Re:The houses built to survive floods by hulitu on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:56PM (#38619225)
No. The pyramids of Egypt are relative new (5000 years). And the climate has helped preserve them.

The Mayan pyramids were not so lucky, (or the cambodgian temples)

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