A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures --
some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...

On May 13, 4:23�pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- �
some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...

The Colusseum is made out of concrete which the Romans invented. It's
not like our concrete it's pozzalanic concrete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_concrete

There are Roman concrete structures (bits of bridge) in the UK but
nothing like the coloseum needless to say.

On May 13, 1:23*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- *
some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...

Yup. Permits in Latin of course ........ after all they were built in
80 AD (A bit over 1900 years ago).
Not sure anything we have built during the last 'few hundred' (well in
case of North America only two hundred or so!) years, will last that
long?

On May 13, 12:21*pm, terry wrote:
On May 13, 1:23*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:

A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- *
some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...

Yup. Permits in Latin of course ........ after all they were built in
80 AD (A bit over 1900 years ago).
Not sure anything we have built during the last 'few hundred' (well in
case of North America only two hundred or so!) years, will last that
long?

For those of you that worry about foundations, one of the tallest
churches in the world is salisbury cathedral. There is so much stone
in the spire 400 feet high that the lowest sections inside the church
can be seen to bow. The foundation is 7 feet of gravel.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological
treasures -- some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...


I tried to sell them aluminum siding, but they did not go for it. It would
really enhance the appearance of that old building.

wrote:
On Thu, 13 May 2010 17:26:03 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological
treasures -- some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...

I tried to sell them aluminum siding, but they did not go for it. It would
really enhance the appearance of that old building.


In a tacky 70s leisure suit, Gremlin in the driveway sense.

Mebbe they should go down to the Vatican, and get the missing parts of
the Colosseum back.

--
aem sends...

On Thu, 13 May 2010 09:03:55 -0700 (PDT), harry wrote:

On May 13, 4:23�pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
A mere 2,000 years after being built

"[ROME] Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the
debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- �
some of which are literally falling apart."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10624662

At least they didn't use Chinese materials...

The Colusseum is made out of concrete which the Romans invented.

Actually, it was made mostly of stone, much of which is now missing because
it was used as a "stone quarry" for many years.

The Pantheon dome is made of Roman concrete.