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The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria
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How does it keep from being submerged in sand? The ground around the ksar is a different shade, is that what prevents piling? Or is the area bereft of wind? Did they build the area underneath or is it naturally occurring? I have too many questions!
I'm imagining one poor caretaker with a leaf blower lol
Broom*
Fine. A broom blower.
maybe what we see is just the tip
You would build a castle in the desert on a natural aquifier too, no? There might have been an oasis long before this was built.