tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1954arrow-down18cross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
arrow-up1946arrow-down1imageThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldtictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
minus-squareSordid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-211 months agoIt’s _/‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\_ shaped. It’s not freestanding walls, the whole thing is an earthen mound with a flat top and its sides lined with bricks.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoSo it’s not walls then I suppose. Just the slopes of a flat topped pyramid like thing. I mean, it still provided a height advantage, but it feels like they have lesser cover from arrows than they would have if it was like a conventional wall.
It’s _/‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\_ shaped. It’s not freestanding walls, the whole thing is an earthen mound with a flat top and its sides lined with bricks.
So it’s not walls then I suppose. Just the slopes of a flat topped pyramid like thing. I mean, it still provided a height advantage, but it feels like they have lesser cover from arrows than they would have if it was like a conventional wall.