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I'm not sure about your addition of the image [[:File:Mardin-arch.jpg]]. Maybe you could explain a little? thank you. --[[User:Axius|Axius]] <span style="font-size:88%">([[User_talk:Axius|talk]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[Special:Contributions/Axius|contribs]])</span> 17:40, 13 July 2015 (PDT) | I'm not sure about your addition of the image [[:File:Mardin-arch.jpg]]. Maybe you could explain a little? thank you. --[[User:Axius|Axius]] <span style="font-size:88%">([[User_talk:Axius|talk]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[Special:Contributions/Axius|contribs]])</span> 17:40, 13 July 2015 (PDT) | ||
Sure. | |||
The Mardin arch is in the Deyrulzafran (Saffron) Monastery, in Mardin, Turkey. The Islamic claim is that Christians could only make semi-circular Roman arches, and it was only the Muslims who made different arches. | |||
However, the Deyrulzafran Monastery has a 3rd century chapel. The floor of this chapel (the roof of the crypt) has a 13-segment arch that is so shallow, it is completely flat. It looks like a concrete roof, but it is actually dry-stone blocks. So the claim that only Muslims made non-semicircular arches is completely false. | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Hananyo_Monastery | |||
(Not heard of this name for the monastery. The tour guide said 3rd century, not 5th. And the site itself goes back 1,000 years before this.) | |||
And the 6th century Qasr Ibn Warden Byzantine church just south west of Aleppo has a pointed arch. | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasr_ibn_Wardan | |||
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Senet
Thank you for your contribution to [1] about Senet. There's enough pictures in the article. I would advise just adding a referenced text for Senet.
I'm not sure about your addition of the image File:Mardin-arch.jpg. Maybe you could explain a little? thank you. --Axius (talk | contribs) 17:40, 13 July 2015 (PDT)
Sure.
The Mardin arch is in the Deyrulzafran (Saffron) Monastery, in Mardin, Turkey. The Islamic claim is that Christians could only make semi-circular Roman arches, and it was only the Muslims who made different arches.
However, the Deyrulzafran Monastery has a 3rd century chapel. The floor of this chapel (the roof of the crypt) has a 13-segment arch that is so shallow, it is completely flat. It looks like a concrete roof, but it is actually dry-stone blocks. So the claim that only Muslims made non-semicircular arches is completely false. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Hananyo_Monastery (Not heard of this name for the monastery. The tour guide said 3rd century, not 5th. And the site itself goes back 1,000 years before this.)
And the 6th century Qasr Ibn Warden Byzantine church just south west of Aleppo has a pointed arch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasr_ibn_Wardan
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