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Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake ... proof towns and cities against major tremors through a combination of ancient ...
The monastery was also damaged by an earthquake in 1838 but was repaired in 1873 by Queen Sin Phyu Ma Shin. 11th-Century Pagoda Collapses Another historic building that was destroyed by the 7.7 ...
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traditional Newari houses incorporated earthquake-resistant techniques such as interlocking bricks, flexible joints and stone foundations. The five-tiered Nyatapola Pagoda temple is an example ...
An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...
Would they do so once again? Yes, they said, but only if they installed a technology that would theoretically make the town earthquake-proof forever. Their novel project, which comes with a €68 ...
The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to ...
An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...
By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok It was marketed as a place with an “earthquake-resistant foundation ... in Buddhist superstition, when a pagoda breaks from the tip, that’s a very ...