▲ 298 ▼ In the 12th century, Bologna was filled with roughly 100 high-rise towers, but only two survived, including one reaching 97 meters tall (i.redd.it) submitted 1 month ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/Archeology@sopuli.xyz 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (3 children) Say what now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] uselessartifact@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago Rich families were battling each other to build the tallest tower; turns out even grown adults act like overtired two-year-olds when it comes to having the biggest one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Obviously they said a rich family had a 2 year old that wouldn't stop crying so they made towers really high to get away from the noise because they themselves are babies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uselessartifact@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago Rich families were battling each other to build the tallest tower; turns out even grown adults act like overtired two-year-olds when it comes to having the biggest one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Obviously they said a rich family had a 2 year old that wouldn't stop crying so they made towers really high to get away from the noise because they themselves are babies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent