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is3 at 10:55am on 08/04/2019
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Around the masonry of the past goes a lot of rumors. Translation into English of the article by an independent researcher:
Casting stone blocks and sculptures in antiquity. Part 11
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Stone pipes in Patara

Patara is an ancient Lycian city. Located in Turkey. The easiest way to make such elements is casting. It is much harder to cut such a hole inside the block. Connected on the system "thorn groove". I wonder how they sealed it, because visible deflection of this pipeline, in the lower part of which pressure was to be created. A kind of aqueduct.
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Cast granite pillars on the embankment in St. Petersburg

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Casting stone blocks and sculptures in antiquity. Part 11
Previous part
Stone pipes in Patara

Patara is an ancient Lycian city. Located in Turkey. The easiest way to make such elements is casting. It is much harder to cut such a hole inside the block. Connected on the system "thorn groove". I wonder how they sealed it, because visible deflection of this pipeline, in the lower part of which pressure was to be created. A kind of aqueduct.
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Cast granite pillars on the embankment in St. Petersburg

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