Unearthed in Ethiopia: Could This 2,800-Year-Old Palace Be the World’s First Skyscraper?
ⓒartefacts-berlin.de, DAI Orient Department // Mike Schnelle, Building ResearchPrevious research had determined that the building was only eight stories tall (shown here).
Unlike other ancient wall systems studied in the area, researchers noted, these walls were built with horizontally-installed timber, a technique unique to the ancient people in Yeha that also shows evidence of a developed building tradition.
Using three-dimensional virtual modeling of the palace, accounting for uncertainty in the properties of the building materials, researchers showed that the timber and stone walls could have theoretically supported a structure stretching up to 16-19 stories high.
The authors still stress that this does not mean the palace actually was 16-19 stories tall in its heyday. Rather, the study shows how builders working 2,800 years ago developed techniques sophisticated enough to support a structure comparable to a modern-day skyscraper.
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