Post something just for the heck of it

[belamyi]

You are attempting to steer this conversation away from your aforementioned anti proletarian slur.

Conversation? what conversation?

Antiproletarian? Moi? I am the son of a proletarian.

If anything, I am antisnob. Yes, ME

 

[belamyi]

 

[belamyi]

 

[Peloso]

Antiproletarian? Moi? I am the son of a proletarian.

Means nothing. I'm the son of a racist.

 

[belamyi]

^ Oh, you mean you hate yourself?

 

[Peloso]

 

[belamyi]

 

[Kulindahr]

What amazes me is that this whole thing has been excavated -- it was entirely buried except for some bricks exposed at the top until someone found a brick with an inscription on it; he took it to an archaeologist who read it as a name and wanted to know where it came from.

They moved one heck of a lot of dirt!

 

[belamyi]

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What amazes me is that this whole thing has been excavated -- it was entirely buried except for some bricks exposed at the top until someone found a brick with an inscription on it; he took it to an archaeologist who read it as a name and wanted to know where it came from.

They moved one heck of a lot of dirt!

The most amazing thing about it is that most of what can be seen is a late XXth-century reconstruction, and what actually was excavated and exposed behind the mock façace, is a heap of eroded dirt.

 

[rareboy]

Chogha Zanbil - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

100,000 tons of rubble were removed.

 

[belamyi]

Chogha Zanbil Restoration

The first and second tiers of Chogha Zanbil, a massive ziggurat in Khuzestan Province, have been restored in time for the influx of tourists during the Nowruz holiday season (March 18 – April 2). Restoration work on the site began last September, following months of extensive studies on the site...

financialtribune.com

It doesn't specify how many bricks were employed in the restoration.

But it does certify that restoration was finished in 2016..: early 21st century, in common centurial dating.

 

[pigface]

The surgeon general has determined that ziggurats maybe harmful to your health.

 

[belamyi]

^ Especially the Ponzi sort.

 

[rareboy]

 

[belamyi]

 

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[fredroy]

^^ Neat picture.

 

[belamyi]

 

[Kulindahr]

Chogha Zanbil Restoration

The first and second tiers of Chogha Zanbil, a massive ziggurat in Khuzestan Province, have been restored in time for the influx of tourists during the Nowruz holiday season (March 18 – April 2). Restoration work on the site began last September, following months of extensive studies on the site...

financialtribune.com

It doesn't specify how many bricks were employed in the restoration.

But it does certify that restoration was finished in 2016..: early 21st century, in common centurial dating.

The restoration was the application of waterproofing sealant to the exposed bricks so they wouldn't crumble -- sun-baked bricks tend to deteriorate when buried for a long time.

Here's a close-up -- these are not modern bricks:



Efforts have also been made to excavate the ancient drainage and sewer systems at the site.

Some repair efforts used concrete bricks, but these efforts actually damaged the original bricks so the modern materials have been removed. Efforts have also been made to identify the composition of the original bricks with a possible view to duplicating the ancient materials for making repairs where people have damaged the exposed structure. Some minimal work has been done utilizing bricks made in this way.

 

[belamyi]

I know this is the ziggurat of Ur, which is much older, but, hopefully, an image will make more words unnecessary:

Even the bricks that would not be "modern bricks" are not "whole ancient bricks", with more than just "sealant" added.

You said it yourself: sun-baked bricks tend to deteriorate when buried for a long time, which do not need to be eons, and the Chogha Zanbil was buried for over 3,000 years.

It's funny how your post, more or less unawarely, tended to present my original post as some sort of negationism.