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A historical history drawing! Roman depiction of North African huts, compared with modern photo of traditional-style Tuareg huts (lemmy.world)
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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

Fairly similar tbh, the texture of the roof is the main difference

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

That looks like a landscape from A Dr. Seuss book.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Such a massive mosaic, with SO much whitespace. Your think they could put more than one hut in?