Babylon

Isaac Kremer/ July 3, 2024/ / 0 comments

In ancient Babylon, architecture characterized by: mud-brick construction; walls articulated by pilasters and recesses (for aesthetic and structural reasons), sometimes faced with burnt and glazed brick; narrow rooms, mostly covered with flat timber and mud roofs; and extensive use of bitumen in drain and pavement construction and as mortar… (Harris, 1977)

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