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The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Broom*

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Fine. A broom blower.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

maybe what we see is just the tip

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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.