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DetlefK

(16,670 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:10 AM Jan 2019

I have a question about ancient ruins. [View all]

How come that from some ancient ruins only the groundfloor or the basement are left?

I have heard that there was the practice to recycle old buildings for their bricks and stones. (Up until medieval times Muslims recycled ancient christian churches in the Middle-East to build mosques.)

Is that the reason why some ancient ruins are intact and some are basically gone except for the floor?

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I have a question about ancient ruins. [View all] DetlefK Jan 2019 OP

A few reasons mdelaguna Jan 2019 #1

Also, things fall down. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #2