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[-] ton618@lemm.ee 117 points 1 year ago

Inside these structures, normally, there would be rooms for > > travelers to be used freely and allow them to rest and recuperate. Some caravanserai had libraries and thus it has been assumed that these areas also acted as a cultural hotspots where ideas and beliefs could be shared or discussed. Many travelers from around the world will have stopped at these on their journey to the African trader centers.> link

That's so cool, wonder about the amazing stories that must have been told at these places!

[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

So, you all meet in the inn deep in the vast desert... Let's go around the table and describe your characters...

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Half-Jinn warrior from Cairo, equally offended by white actors in bronzer and the blue man group.

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Sounds a lot like a mountain hut on the trails full of hikers taking a break for a bit only on a much bigger scale.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

In one of these I'm pretty sure you can learn a new dragon shout.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Some caravanserai had libraries

I’m feeling a major drive to watch Avatar again.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There's a movie at that link of walking through the building, it's really cool!

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago

Usul, welcome to Sietch Tabr

[-] AuntieFreeze@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

As written.

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And it apparently had one helluva shield wall.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Built on a natural outcrop, most are or were also likely on top of accessible aquifers.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I couldn't figure out how in the world they managed to get mud or even mortar to build a structure like that, in such an environment. I don't know why "dig a well" was the farthest thing from my mind.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I'm imagining one poor caretaker with a leaf blower lol

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

maybe what we see is just the tip

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 24 points 1 year ago

This looks like it's the size of a palm. Hard to scale

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago
[-] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Already searched for more

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I think it's because the dunes have the same shape as the bumps in wet sand on the beach

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tilt shift does that.

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of the buried library in Avatar 🦉

[-] BassaForte@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Same lol that's immediately what I thought of.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Have we checked it for Wan Shi Tong?

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not going in there, he knows Foggy Swamp Style!!

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 20 points 1 year ago

Worlds oldest surviving sand castle.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago
[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Ehhhhhhh, now there's a lemming after my heart. Very nice!

[-] shani66@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago

Couldn't be, no one is being peaked to death

[-] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I find this so freaky interesting! Wow!!!

Think about the stories told, how many people passed through there, how it was build, who might have hid there!

Amazing!

Also, for the ones who read the demon cycle, this is how i imagined Ruins of Anoch Sun

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I want to fill it with cheesecake and bake it.

[-] TotalFat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

In Algerian desert, desert bakes you!

[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Looks like someone left the Coliseum in the sun for too long.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I wonder if someone could get super insanely rich by building a pipeline to the middle of the desert from the ocean, digging a giant hole and building a beach resort on formerly worthless land.

[-] frostwhitewolf@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

You're basically describing Dubai

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Dubai is over the sea, no need for long pipes

[-] haruajsuru@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I think you should be already super rich to build the giant pipe tho

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Nah you just need to find some ~~suckers~~ ~~idiots~~ investors who want in on this innovative and brilliant idea.

Then honestly you don't even have to build the pipe

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

You can only steal investor money if you're already rich and the investment is coming from the government.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's easy to pretend to be rich. Ferrari rentals are actually pretty cheap.

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, it's easy as this project would be like most mining startups - you just need a liar and a hole in the ground

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

laughs in Salton Sea

[-] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Realistically, a project importing sea water inland would likely salt up the freshwater aquifer beneath the desert...creating more desert - elsewhere.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Fossilised sandworm

[-] Chriszz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Like some randomly generated structure you’d find in an empty area of an open world game. Has monsters in the basement and loot

[-] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of One of the fort in Skyrim with Bandits in basement.

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