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City walls of Khiva, Uzbekistan
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.
Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected]
Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected]
Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]
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I was wondering why they built them like that too. Seems like you're encouraging invaders to come over the walls
Later additions called a glacis, ita hardened rammed earth with stone over it in most cases and it's used to deflect cannon balls away from the walls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis