<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Just in case people don’t know about this incredible tradition, here’s a recent film. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Well, okay, they’re REED houses, but hey, it’s building with annual vegetation. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Their buildings show up in the film starting about 1: 03</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some cultural historians maintain that these buildings were the reason vaulted masonry has its earliest evidence in the Middle East: “ Hey, maybe we could build like that in mud brick…” </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note the huge reed column behind some of the speakers. Archeologists wondered why the stone columns in early Mesopotamian palaces had raised bands at intervals, and it was suggested they were stone imitations of the reed originals. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">An unbroken three thousand year building technique. Inspiring stuff. Reed on! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a class="ytp-share-panel-link ytp-no-contextmenu" target="_blank" aria-label="Share link" href="https://youtu.be/SWmvIJmv5tU" title="Share link" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><</a><a href="https://youtu.be/SWmvIJmv5tU" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;" class="">https://youtu.be/SWmvIJmv5tU</a><a class="ytp-share-panel-link ytp-no-contextmenu" target="_blank" aria-label="Share link" href="https://youtu.be/SWmvIJmv5tU" title="Share link" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="display: block; height: 28px; margin-top: 18px; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; outline: 0px; color: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1); -webkit-transition: color 0.1s cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1); font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>