Jump to content
The Dark Mod Forums

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)
Whether serving as Christian church, Islamic mosque, or secular museum, Hagia Sophia and its saring dome have inspired reverence and awe. For 800 years, it was the largest enclosed building in the world—the Statue of Liberty can fit beneath its dome with room to spare. How has it survived its location on one of the world's most active seismic faults, which has inflicted a dozen devastating earthquakes since it was built in 537? As Istanbul braces for the next big quake, a team of architects and engineers is urgently investigating Hagia Sophia's seismic secrets. Follow engineers as they build a massive 8-ton model of the building's core structure, place it on a motorized shake table, and hit it with a series of simulated quakes, pushing it collapse—a fate that the team is determined to avoid with the real building.

 

Building Wonders

 

Feb. 25, 2015: Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Mystery

Feb. 18, 2015: Petra: Lost City of Stone

Feb. 11, 2015: Colosseum: Roman Death Trap

 

Jan. 28, 2015: Sinkholes—Buried Alive

Jan. 21, 2015: Sunken Ship Rescue

Nov. 12, 2014: Emperor's Ghost Army

Feb. 12, 2014: Great Cathedral Mystery

Feb. 6, 2013: Building Pharaoh's Chariot

Oct. 10, 2012: Secrets of the Viking Sword

Oct. 5, 2011: Building the Great Cathedrals

Nov. 16, 2010: Secrets of Stonehenge

Feb. 2, 2010: Ghosts of Machu Picchu

Jan. 19, 2010: Riddles of the Sphinx

Apr. 8, 2008: Cracking the Maya Code

Jan. 29, 2008: Secrets of the Parthenon

Edited by jaxa
  • Like 3

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recent Status Updates

    • JackFarmer

      "The Year of the Rat." 
      😄

      Al Stewart must be proud of you!
      Happy testing!
      @MirceaKitsune
      · 0 replies
    • datiswous

      I posted about it before, but I think the default tdm logo video looks outdated. For a (i.m.o.) better looking version, you can download the pk4 attached to this post and plonk it in your tdm root folder. Every mission that starts with the tdm logo then starts with the better looking one. Try for example mission COS1 Pearls and Swine.
      tdm_logo_video.pk4
      · 2 replies
    • JackFarmer

      Kill the bots! (see the "Who is online" bar)
      · 3 replies
    • STiFU

      I finished DOOM - The Dark Ages the other day. It is a decent shooter, but not as great as its predecessors, especially because of the soundtrack.
      · 5 replies
×
×
  • Create New...