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I wonder if there are more brick or wooden buildings that are around thousand years old. Concrete the Romans had 2000 years ago did last, but that technology wa

I wonder if there are more brick or wooden buildings that are around thousand years old. Concrete the Romans had 2000 years ago did last, but that technology was lost. Most buildings I know about that are between 500 and 1000 years are made of wood. Of course the wars we have had in Europe since then might have had something to do with how many old houses we have

reportingsjr 5y ago
The whole "amazing roman concrete" speel is kind of ridiculous: https://ascconline.org/Portals/0/Technical-Article-Aug-2017_WebSC.pdf?ver=2017-08-16-144954-857 https://ascconline.org/Portals/0/Technical-Article-Aug-2017_... I wouldn't be surprised if many of those 500/1000 year old wooden houses are like the ship of Theseus. How much of those buildings has been replaced or repaired over that time period? Same thing with brick houses. When they are repointed every few decades, how many of the bricks are swapped out when they crack or crumble?