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That’s interesting, thank you. I wonder if it was simply time management to have both sides meet at the middle or politics/symbolism. The former?
by pixxel 6y ago
That’s interesting, thank you.
I wonder if it was simply time management to have both sides meet at the middle or politics/symbolism. The former?
- nicoburns 6y agoWell, it's by far the quickest way to dig the tunnel.
- mkl 6y agoAnd it's been done for at least 2500 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_of_Eupalinos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_of_Eupalinos and more at https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-tunnel-of-samos https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-tunnel-of-samos That tunnel is over a kilometre long, and they met in the middle of a hill!