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The city is 1700 years old - I'm sure they had time to figure this stuff out.

• bdamm 9y ago
  Yes, of course. So where's the documentation and does anyone readily know the answers?
  • tormeh 9y ago
    I'd guess it's mostly oral, master->apprentice stuff.
  • bdamm 9y ago
    I don't get why this is downvoted. 1500AD is not particularly ancient. There are written records.
• mseebach 9y ago
  Also, literal survivor bias: The buildings that weren't well made simply ceased to exist, and the ones still standing today are the ones that were well built, whether by design or accident.