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I've heard of buildings built on top of others before. Is it commonly because the buildings have actually sunk into the ground or are they somehow pushed?
by musingsole 8y ago
I've heard of buildings built on top of others before. Is it commonly because the buildings have actually sunk into the ground or are they somehow pushed?
- dmitriid 8y agoIt’s apparently called sediment accumulation. If you can suffer through Quora, some answers there: - https://www.quora.com/How-were-ancient-cities-built-on-top-of-older-ones/answer/Dimitra-Triantafyllidou https://www.quora.com/How-were-ancient-cities-built-on-top-o... - https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ground-level-of-Ancient-Rome-so-much-lower-than-the-modern-ground-level/answer/Guus-Arnouts https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ground-level-of-Ancient-Rom...